PAOE EIGHT
MEDFORD MSIL TRIBTTNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TTEDOTSDAY, JTOTEMBER 29, 1933.
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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 ;
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