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PAOE EIGHT MEDFORD MSIL TRIBTTNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TTEDOTSDAY, JTOTEMBER 29, 1933. 5 coDPinntM uncv .ill yilUllULIH V LLL I in AAA RllhMd DlXriOtflt j.i. Curt Tennyson has . : vr.iuadcd by his former chief in the tloyal Mounted to under take one more man hunt. The J worry is laor Karakhan. notorious nternalional crook. The trait has led Curt and hie partner, Paul at. Claire, to a tiny settlement in the Canadian Sorthvjett called Rut elan Lake. Curt has rescued Bonya Nirhols from ihs evil designs of a half-breed, and now Bonya is tell ing her savior the history of the Cossack post that was the original settlement at Russian Lake, in re taliation tor ueare of torture and tribute, the Klosohes indians had attacked the Cossacks. Bonya says. Chapter 11 THE OLD FORT riTTHILB the Cossack were drink ! 'Vjng heavily," said Sonya, "the eighty surviving Klosoheea massa cred them all, burned their bodies In one huge pyre; and their old haman laid tha dread Thunder (Curse on the place. Only tha priest was left alive. " j "It was a summer night like to jnlght," Bonya added. "Bight men who escaped tha first rush, barri caded themselves In one ot the (rooms, but the Klosoheea chopped the door off Its hinges and killed jthora. I Imagined I could still see Ithe dark stains on the walls of that room." ' Cart thought that the Indians be lt4 seen on the landing that after boon were a pretty mild set to be descendants of th fiery tribe who had battled the Cossacks to a stand still, returning massacre for extor tion. "They're certainly come down a notch," he remarked. "They're aa peaceful as coast Slwash now." "Oh, you're mistaken; the Indiana round here aren't Klosohees," she corrected blm. "They're descendants tot another band that used to live down toward Tellacet The Kloso beee fled back Into the mountains after that massacre, and they've stayed there ever since. They're an almost unknown band. They lire np north In the Llllnar headwaters, and keep themselves Isolated from other tribes, and they won't let white peo ple come Into their territory at all." Curt recalled a time when he had sat on the pier at Fort McMurray with Inspector Jamleson of the In dlan Bureau, and Jamleson had told Urn about a "lost" tribe In the Lll Inar Mountains. These Klosohees . night be the tribe Jamleson meant. According to Jamleson'a account they were a wild and nnapproach able elan, but not treacherous like tha nomads of the Sikannl and Na hannl countries. He hail ao far per suaded the Indian Bureau to let them alone because they minded their own business and clutched their freedom so pathetically. Gliding ashore, he beached the "breed's canoe and started up the path with his companion. Aa he watched her moccasins play In and out of the yellow olrole of light, that he directed at the trail, he thought what small things they were mailer eren than Reglna . Du pharme'o. ! Once when her bead bobbed olose Ito bis be caught the faint odor of thyme perfume, and It put him In mind ot the thyme-scented kerchief iwhlch had unlocked that Spanish consul case for him In Montreal. But (what a difference between that soft palld woman and this clean-limbed vital girl at his sldel The touch of her hand on his arm, ks be guided ber pas! root-snsgs and shielded her from brush flipping back, waa an experience such as he had never known with Rosalie Mar tin. Although he had been acquaint ed with her so short a time, he felt the Impact of her personality, a very positive and cogent force. THB fort loomed up just ahead. Startllngly near, the owl sounded Its weird call again. Curt reached , down for a stone am' sent It clatter ing against the old building. A soft winged shadow passed over them and they heard the angry clicking ot the bird's bill At the door he flipped the light on the massive rock walls and the broad parapet twenty-live feet high where soldiers once paced sentry-go at night. A clump of devil's club nearly choked the entrance. He pushed a way through the clump, and they stepped Into the gloomy hallway that led d jwn the center. There were six rooms oa the ground floor, but the second story was one big room, probably the Cos sacks' assembly place. The root had partly fallen In; the floor above had rotted, leaving only the thick beams; the dust ot many generations eor red everything; but otherwise the ruin lay there as It had been left on the night ot the massacre, one hundred and twenty years ago. Down the dusty hallway led a fresh moccasin track, small and dainty. Curt knew It waa Sonya'a, on some provlous expedition. She certainly had nerve, to visit that plaoe alonel SHOE STORE DISPLAY : FEATURES GRID MEN For th Tbankaglvltsg Miwn. the Buiter Brown 8ho ttor hu arranied a ftptclft dwpUy feturJnf MMford high cbool'a foothill team. Each ot MORE SATISFACTION CANT DE BOUGHT. boss At the far end ot the corridor aba pointed to the doorway of the room at their left. In the hushed silence Sonya lowered her role to a whis per. "The massacre room, Mr. Ralston. Those last eight Cossacks barri caded themselves here. These blows were from the copper axes of the Klosohees aa they broke down tha door." Inside the room Curt played the flash about. A dozen rusty muskets of the flintlock type lay scattered on the floor. He picked one up and clicked the heavy hammer. A spark leaped. Against an empty powder canister lay a broken swoiu with richly chased hilt. He rubbed away the corrosion till he made out the loping wolf Insignia of the old Cossacks, aurronnded by the Imperial crest of the Romanoffs. Not caring for so gruesome a sou venir, he put It down and turned his flash on the walls. Those dark dls coloratlons, splotchy and sinister looking were they merely seepage from rain and snow, or bloodstains of the murdered Cossacks? Ha took Sonya out ot the ghastly plaoe Into the clean sweet night air, and they went on toward the post "It was plain Justice that tha Klosoheea did wipe out those Cos sacks," he remarked grimly. "The Czarlstlo regime allowed torture like this to go on for two thousand miles up and down the Pacific Coast. They knew all about It; they were just brutal to their own subjects, and they kept It up right down Into modern times. "Thank heaven, that regime got what was coming to it, tool The Leninists did a good Job when they wiped that depravity out, root, stock and branch. They deserve thanks" Sonya stopped suddenly, and her hand dropped from Curt's arm. "Thanks" She whirled on him, her eyea flashing. "To that crew of mur derers?" Her words came In a torrent, an gry ringing words. "You don't real ize what you're saying! You don't know anything about the red wave ot bloodshed that (wept all over Russia In '17 and 'IS. "Yon were here In peaceful Can ada, Idling around pleasantly on some river or mountain range. Ton didn't see hundreds and thousands ot Innocent people killed, to atone tor what a guilty few had done. Thanks to those killers? Don't yon ever say a thing like that to met" "lURT stepped back as though she '-'had struck him. Her anger waa like a blow, so eudden and violent and utterly unexpected. For a mo ment he hardly knew what to say. Then he became a little angry him self. What be bob just said didn't call for any such tlrada from her. "It you please," he said stiffly, "I limited my statement to the Czar lstlo outfit. And I wasn't 'Idling around pleasantly' during that time; 1 was pushing a plane back and forth across the front In northern France. I don't condone this 'red wave ot bloodshed' that you speak about. I said It was a good thing that the Leninists swept the Ro manoff regime off the map. I'm sorry If my opinion wounded you, but It's my opinion." You're welcome to HI" 'Let's not have any angry feel ings about It, please." I'm not angry." Well, If you're not, I wouldn't want to be close by when yon are!" Sonya struggled to control herself. "Let's drop it." "All right." In an awkward alienee they walked on out the path. Curt won dered. In a bewildered way, what on earth his remark had touched off in ber, to make her fly all to pieces like that He had recovered from his own anger, but her fiery words were ringing in his ears yet Near the tent she stopped, faced blm. "Ton needn't go on to the post with me; it's only a few steps." She gave blm her band. "I'm really grateful to yon and your partner for coming over to that Island. It was awfully nice ot you, and I won't ever forget It" Curt tried to detain her. Somehow he bad offended her violently, and he did want to part on friendly terms. But she disengaged her hand, urned, left blm, and vanished up the trail In the dusk. He waa still storing after her when Paul came out ot the tent "I say, Paul," he remarked dryly. It's a good thing yon and I Vent over to that island and stopped that." "Why so?" "Well, It we badnt Im thinking there'd be a dead half-breed over there by nowl" (Copyright, int. WOUem . MeSMryJ Curt ends, Monday, test he hie made a dangtrou enemy. tha llttla playera ta wtaiinf pair of regular Buatr Brown ahoaa, and the llttu men ara drtaatd in red and black. In the background la on of tha trophiae from Medford blfh achoolt largo collection. SCIENCE WEIGHS RESULT OF TRIP TO SKYCE1LING Fungus Spores Taken to Stratospnere by Lieut. Com. Settle Prove Resist ance Abnormal Conditions By F. B. COLTON Aasocl&tod Press Selene Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 39. jp First scientific results of Lieut. Comdr. T. G. W. Settle's stratosphere flight were mad public today, showing that life In tha form of fungus spores or molds where humans would die If unprotect ed. can survive 11 miles above earth Spores of seven kinds of fungi, ot tiny plants, which Commander Set tle carried to the stratosphere' on the S'MATTER POP TAILSPIN TOMMY VOH SsVCcT WcT M(ttV SO Af4Gi V casr Hn rvs coMPtere lass or AltrYTH jest ess s&v r xr j yc c AMOUnV 0VtV s4S wfVV OObT'A TtV HOBO lOO&LO. ? (731 VSL- I I lHirri Li U Affkk WHICH 16 AIL VERY WEIL , BOf If MAKES : i Tr) I i. 11! XT Na iw B EAfiN& DIFFICULT FOR A SMALL 86V fW CaJ yTfV jfr WHO NEEPS TLENTV OF ELBOW ROOM J& (Qopyrtght, .MM, hy Th Bell Syndlcttt, IncV " Jt H-a? (Copyright, IMS, by Tms Sag Hywdiemss. fas.) THE NEBBS The Shock "29 BRINGING UP FATHER" ' By George McManuv OIDNT GET 1 ".TVVj I I v 3 tt? TT X OMMV0UT C 1 . ''i-5! BYCOLV.V! IT . i 1?" TB S , TWREEOP PM CLAO I OIOMT I "'vT)2g LOOK? A,t ll . S JSZ-JZ OOMAH- TO LJjTEM TO THAT .1 V jVIS nW H4.T roQT. H' T "SsC-S T lTW There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation' outside of bis balloon gondola, lived through temperatures far below zero, rartfled air, low atmospheric pressure and Increased ultra-violet light to which they were subjected on the trip, reported P. O. Meier, plant patholog ist of the department of agriculture. AHve on Return The spores germinated readily after their return. It waa the first time in the history of science that living spores had been sent to such a height above the earth and brought back for scientific analy sis. They were carried inside and. out side cotton balls tied to the gondoja of the balloon. The . spores were those of common fungi that float about everywhere near the earth's surface. Meier sought to learn how high in the air they might travel and live. The tests show, he said, that these spores, too small to be seen without a microscope, are among the hardiest forms of life In existence. Common Spores Used Among th spores sent aloft were those of common brad mold, known to every housewife; the red mold that causes "bloody bread" by germinat ing In blood-like spots after bread la baked, and strawberry rot that causes the "whiskers" sometimes seen on ber ries at marketing time. All the fungi used in the experiment previously bad Not That Desperate! ORiSET ITTrWj WICKED k JPl 1 1J "f RAJKOCO MjUST uJONOtftlNS OW DOE !'! fSTj-mbr-r Jt W "75 HTC SOSWlS S 2SB A. SCARS r"OR. X 1 SOT "WS THINGS ARE 3MSmw22L? YS 9V( TO DO ' y "ggsTm SSfm AWNUT6I RtUCMriER. SHOOTING NOT THAT JXsfmlMif t m A THS-BUT $5v- ftfrb V ftJSu TH0U6HT VOU 4 IT CTORC, BUT oeen collected by Meier on airplane flights. Though the spores survived the stratosphere flight, the conditions they underwent may have caused changes not now apparent but which will show up as the fungi develop, Meier explained. Thanksgiving Ball Thursday To Help ' Eagles Charities Plans are complete for the Eagles' annual Thanksgiving ball at Dream land ha' Thursday night. The af fair, which is conducted annually, Is for the purpose of raising funds for Christmas baskets to be distributed to needy families. Th Oregon Lum berjacks, ssvsn-plec orchestra, will furnish the music for this year's dance. Musicians making up the orchestra are: Al Wrlgfrt, violin; Mrs. Apollo, piano; Bert Powell, saxa phone; Ralph GUI, saxaphone and clarinet; George Wendt, trombone and baritone: Ray Schumacher, drums; Red Wright, banjo. Anyone having old clothing or any articles which could be used for re lief purposes Is asked to leave them at Dreamland hall Thursday night; By C, M. PAYNE I THE WORLD AT ITS WORST WANTJJM. TAX Special Legislative Session Will Be Told Division Should Be On 60-40 Basis Gas Tax Also Objective SEATTLE, Not. flv A major portion of the revenue from the sale of herd liquor will be demanded of the special session of the legislature, convening Monday, by cities and In corporated towns of Washington, hav ing an aggregate population of more than 1,000,000 people. This waa the announcement -today following a meeting here yesterday of the association of Washington muni cipalities. Mayor W. a. Strstton of Yakima, president, was Instructed to ... call a meeting of the association at Olympla a mi from tomorrow when plana will be made to present the demands to the lawmakers. A majority of city officials favored a division of the revenues In the pro portion of SO per cent for the cities and 40 per cent for the state. Discussion of measures to be en acted after the tall of the eighteenth amendment dtaclosed a strong senti ment for some form of state control of hard liquor with municipal con trol of beer and of wine having an alcoholic content, of not more- than 14 cent. A. B colburn, commissioner of pub lic safety of Spokane, aald the duty and responsibility of maintaining po lice departments, courts and Inspec tion service would Impose a heavy financial burden on the cities and that they should be reimbursed from liquor revenues. In addition to the liquor revenues, the cities will ask for a larger share of the tax on gasoline. Attending the meeting were Mayor K. N. Steele, Olympla; Councilman Prank Schuller, Blenaburg; Mayor F. B. Richmond, Walla Walla; Council man John E Carroll, Seattle, and Mayor Stratton and . Commissi on t Colburn. t Montana has 5S counties, aa aver age of on for each 10,000 popula- F Krw tork, Nov. as. jey The Mew Tork Sun today quotes Mgr. Thomas O. Carroll, chancellor of th Roman Oatholle Archdiocese of New York, am saying the attack which the Rev. Charles . Ooughlln, Detroit priest, mad Monday night on Former Governor Alfred B. Smith was "ab solutely unwarranted." Th Sun quoted Mgr. Carroll as say Ing It waa "absolutely unwarranted in view of she governor's record ss a leg islator and governor of the state of New Tork, and his work In the lmter est of the people of the state." "Father Ooughlln," the Sun quote Mgr. Carroll as saying, "ought to re member that as a clergyman he has s rather privileged forum, which 1 corded him by hi position whether he aooepta it aa such or not, and that forum la not the place la which t attribute selfish notions to anybody. Several attempts to have a state ; drivers' license law enacted la Moa- ; tana have been unsuccessful. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS By GLENN CHAH'W ' and HAL FOBBISI By SOL HESS ; 1
