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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGOX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1933
FORBIDDEN VALLEY
SYNOPSIB: Leaving for a tlms
the trail of Igor Karakhan, inter
national crook whom he is trailing
into the land ol the fierce Kloso
hce Indiana in Northwestern Can
ada, Curt Tennyson Alee back to
Vancouver tor information about a
couple he hat i::et in the wtlder
tiess. They are Sanyo and Kalph
tlichols, bound on a mission they
will not discuss. Curt finds that
Sonya, in whom he is much tnter
esttd, it really the daughter ol
Prince Btephn Volkov. Russian
4migrt. A Russian friend of her
familii is describing the escape of
the Volkovs from the Red Terror.
"J MET the Volkovi again In Mon
golian Urga halt a year later,"
Feodor Plekhanov went on. "They
had won through. As my son and 1
bad. Prince Stephn welded us Into
a band for self-defense and got us
through to Peking, and there we
scattered to the tour winds."
No wonder, Curt mused, that Son
ya had turned on him with such
violence when be mildly praised the
Leninists that evening In the prison
house. And no wonder she seldom
smiled.
Gradually swinging Plekhanov
away from the gmlgre story, be led
the old Russian to talk about the
Volkovs In Victoria. But with that
phase of their life Plekhanov was
not so well acquainted. They had
Curt laughed. "Dont be craty,
Am."
"What's crasy about It?"
"The whole Ideal' To leave her ont
of It and argue Irom Karakban'a
viewpoint, be'd never let anybody
know where he's biding. He didn't
even allow Jim Qunnar to take blm
Into those mountains."
"Yes, I know; but Curt, think of
this: he's been there In that God
forsaken country for nine months;
he's gone almost a. year without
sight of a white woman's face. And
another thing, Curt we know be
threw over Helen Matbleson and
took up with another girl Just a few
weeks before be pitched off. We've
never found out who that girl was.
I'll bet my governor's title against a
shirt-button that It was Sonya Vol
kov!" Curt stepped on the starter. "Yonr
'theory' Is a waste of time. Let's be
getting somewhere, it you're going
to drive."
They drove back to the Marl In
home, mapped out their program for
the following day, and separated.
EARLY the next morning they met
at the pier and flew across to
Victoria, Baldwin started out to
cover the private school where Son
ya taught and the family where she
bad been governess. Curt took the
other leads as his part.
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SALEM, Dec. 10. (AP) Fewer au
tomobile accident but more result
ing fatalities occurred the first elev
en months this year than In the
corresponding period ol 1832, the
secretary of state reported today.
For the first eleven months of this
year the report shows 216 dead and
3771 injured In 17,66 accidents. Last
year the same period showed 206
dead and 3961 Injured In 16,722 ac
cidents. In November of this year 19 were
killed and 428 Injured In 1910 ac
cidents, all three figures exceed
ing those of November, 1032.
If your Fuel Oil Tank Is In an in
convenient location Ph. 315, Eads for
CAREFUL Oil delivery.
For FUEL OIU delivery, phone 333
Relnklng Trucking Co. Pump tad
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EUGENE. Ore. The second or win
ter term of the University of Oregon
will open Tuesday, January 3, It was
announced here by Dr. Earl M Pallet.,
registrar. All classes will begin on
Wednesday, January 3, and all stu
dents are expected to be on the cam
pus. Classes for the term will end Sat
urday. March 10, and examinations
will be held from March 13 to 16.
The term will not be broken up by
any holidays. Spring vacation mil
start March 18 and the spring teim
begin March 28.
WOODBURN, Ore.. Dec. 10 (AP)
Pleading guilty to theft of seed
onions, Earl Roy Allphln was sen
tenced to served six months In Jail,'
in Justice court late yesterday.
' Broken w I n d o w a glazed by
Trowbridge Cabinet Works.
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DIFFICULT DECISIONS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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Curt and Baldwin met at the pier.
gone a different road from bis, and
be saw them rarely. But he did
know the lumber company that the
men were connected wltb, the name
of the school where Sonya taught,
the family where she bad been
governess, and the address of the
Volkov home.
Curt decided that wltb those good
leads It would be easy to run across
to Victoria and get the Information
be wanted. Tbanklng their host, be
and Baldwin went down to the car.
"Well, did you get what you were
after, Curt?"
"It was worth while, I've got a
good grasp of her background; but
nothing that he aiild gives me any
Idea of what she's doing In the Lil
luars." Badwln turned on the switch key,
napped It off again, toyed with the
trap of his swagger stick.
"Curt, I've been thinking of Sonya
Volkov a lot this evening and I've
got a theory about this situation.
Maybe It's occurred to you. Did you
ever wonder whether Karakhan
mightn't be at the bottom of this
trip of hers?"
"Karakhan how's that?"
"See here. It's a pretty safe bet
that those two were acquainted.
Karakhan must've known her; be
made It bis business to know all the
Emigres In these two cities, tor he
didn't want somebody who knew him
In Russia to bob up unexpectedly
and give him away. It's another safo
bet that Karskhan would bave
pushod his acquaintance with her.
Those snaps you took, especially
that one of hor on the rock Curt,
she's a beautiful glrL The point Is,
he might have fallen tor him "
"0t" The denial was Jolted from
I Curt. "That's ridiculous."
1 "I don't see how. Others have.
Tou know the old saying that women
love a dash of wickedness."
"Yes. I've heard It But I also
know Sonya Volttov. You don't. Am."
"Right, but that's all the more
reason why my Judgment on this
may be bettor than yours. I'm not
biased. To put my theory In a nut
ation, 1 believe she's going In there
to Join Karakhan."
He wont first to the office of the
lumber company to meet ber father,
confident that he would need go no
further. To his keen disappointment
hor father and brother were both
gone on a long trip to Vladivostok
on buslnoss. He was surprised to
hear this. Sonya bad led blm to be
lieve that Russian soil was dis
tinctly dangerous for the Volkovs.
He located the president of the
Emigre1 Society, a genial Muscovite
of fifty who now waa managing i
warehouse on the CP., docks. He
struck up an-aownlntanceshlp wltb
the man, went home with him for
lunch, and met his wife and bis
three vivacious daughters.
In an hour's talk with the girls
Curt turned ber private life Inside
out, learning a great mass of details
about ber work and friends and In
tercuts. But nothing that tbey said
gave him any clue to her trip north.
As a last hope he taxied out to the
Volkov home. The house was locked,
the shades drawn, a dozen old news
papers on the front porch. As he ex
pected, no one answered his ring.
A neighbor woman, seeing him
looking around, volunteered some
information about the Volkovs.
Through her Curt learned that
Ralph Nichols frequently had called
there. The woman told of another
man also, whom she bad seen on
many occasions, a tall handsome
Russian of thirty-eight or forty. He
came from some near-by city, likely
Vancouver, the woman said; but she
had not seen him since last falL
Yes, he had been a very frequent
visitor tor a month or more.
The description of this unknown
caller sounded 10 Curt remarkably
like a description of Igor Karakhan.
At four o'clock he met Baldwin on
the pier. To bis question Baldwin
shook his head. "Didn't flush a bally
thing. What luck did you have?"
"None. 1 found out everything
about her except the one thing I
wanted to know."
He said nothing about his talk
with the woman and Sonya's caller
last tall.
(Copvrioht ins, William B. lloitery)
Curt returns, tomorrow, to Sonya,
and danger,
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PORTI,ANTJ, Dec. 10, concrete
evidence tht the NRA movement Is
doln the Job tor which It wm c.-e-sted
ptittlnv the unemployed labor
er back to work was contained irt the
report of the Amerlcen TTaniUt auo
clatlon, which showed definite In
creases In business done by trolley
nd bus lines In T5 per cent of ail
Amerlcsn cities.
This Increase Is solely sttrlbutaiiie
to sn IncreaM in. employment In met
ropolitan centers. RA officials held.
Street cur riders are of the clniis whith
uffered most from unemployment
snd depression, and the Inorrase In
Street car and bus business Is an so-
curate Index of Improved employment
conanions.
"The NRA movement Is retumine;
benefits where they will do the most
Rood, said will Simons, vlce-chslr-man
of the Oregon-Msho district re
covery board. "Unemployment dis
tress was (ireatest In the metropollten
centers. The report of the Amerlcsn
Transit association shows that this
distress is being relieved and that
men arc aolng back to work and are
spendliiR their money for carfare. This
Is a splendid exsmple of the value
of the NRA program, which Is the
f.rst plsn to relieve unemployment
snd return benefits to business at
the same time."
The October report shows that
street cars and busses showed sn in
crease during the month for the first
time since 103.
Ship KaOn Knrks
LARNAOA, Cyprus, Uec. 10. (AP
The crew of the American stesmer
Exarch, whose captain, A. T. Hlckey
of Rochester. N. Y willed himself,
made plans to dlAchsree the stesm
ers enrgo today after falling In ef
forts to tow ber off the rocks,
BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManua
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