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BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1934.
A New Serial
I BLOND pi GODDESS
by IlerLert Jensen
.P.O.
SYNOPSIS: On ths train to La
redo, where hs intends going into
unexplored Uexico to search lor
Bill Lanqton, hie vanished aviator
friend. Frank Grahome recalls sto
ries he hi heard of the dangerous
J'.nrf hs mutt vteit. Ho has left
Hollywood on impulse, smarting
under the movie star. Janice Kent's
sharp refusal ot his marriage pro
posal. He also has left a proposal
from the great Uyberg, producer,
to head a party which would film a
' picture in the Mexican jungle with
Janice as star.
Chapter H
ADVENTURE BEGINS
AT ANOTHER time, In New York,
Frank bad been yarning with
a chicle uyer be had met at the
Explorer's Club.
"Mexico." stated tbla man, "in old
Porflo Diaz's time used to dump all
tbelr undesirable!, all those con
victed tor this, that and the other
thing, down on the Quintan' Boo
coast. It was sort of the Siberia
of Mexico.
"They weren't all polltlcos either,
as tbey usually were In Russia. I
take It tbe Jails got pretty full some
times In central Mexico, and the
gangs they shipped south were fair
ly well mixed criminal lots.
' "Funny, too, there doesn't seem
to be more than the usual number
of criminal types along the coast
now and I know the fringes there
talrly well. Maybe they drifted back
traded oneself Into a given set of
conditions, an ' tbe result was cer
tain to be Interesting, fn another
manner of speaking It was not nec
essary to choose a certain line of
work and devote a quantity of time
to It to achieve thereby success In
living.
, You acknowledged what mental
or physical equipment yon bad
and put yourself In circumstances
wherein this equipment bad a
chance to perform something or
other. Tbe soldier of fortune went
where there were wars, mechanics
went where tbere was machinery,
grocers kept near the centers of
population.
He knew the out-of-doors and
loved It. He knew a bit of soldier
ing, of mining, ot trade, and of vari
ous other supplementary occupa
tions. He could make his living, It
not bis fortune, at any spot In tbe
world, whether It be working for
wages, or by feeding and clothing
himself from what tha country of
fered. He had panned raw gold from
gravel In Alaska, Columbia and
Siberia. He bad dressed tools in
the oil fields of Oklahoma and
Tamplco, with an eye watchful tor
tbe main chance.
He bad made a tidy fortune In
oil leases, only to lose it in a Cen
tral American plantation venture.
OF
"What'a in a name?" they all lek
ed with dladain at the Chamber of
Commerce yeaterday titer being star
tled by the banner of a newspaper.
It read: "Med ford postofflce robbers
wreck aafe, get 13,000."
Inspection revealed that Medford,
Maryland, waa Indicated and that the
newspaper waa a copy of The Even
ing eun, printed In Baltimore. It
waa forwarded by State Senator J.
David Balle of Medford, Md-, who
was one of the persona brought In
touch with the Chamber of Commerce
here through the "Meet All Med
ford" program.
He has since been corresponding
with W. B. Bolger, president of the
Medford Chamber of Commerce.
In keeping with the tlmea Drug
and Toiletries at Cut Prices at JAR
MIN'S DRUG STORE.
BEND, Ore., Feb. 1. UP) Tho
maa Alderdyce, 82, waa today formally
charged with second degree murder
for the slaying last Sunday of Tho
maa Jarrard, 63, owner of the pro
perty upon which the elderly man
and his wife were living. The funeral
service for Jarrard, who waa killed by
a ahotgun charge In the head, waa
held this afternoon.
Alderdyce declared, police said, that
Jarrard attempted to evict him and
his wife from their tiny home, and
Ithat he fired after Jarrard had slap
ped Mrs. Alderdyce.
PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. 1. (AP)
The greatest amount of Umatilla
county wheat to be sold here re
cently waa disposed of by farmers
yesterday. About 50.000 bushels went
at 77 14 cents a bushel, Portland, or
92 cent Pendleton, for No. 1,
sacked.
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home. Or maybt tha ones I saw
were all second generation. It that's
the case. It's a laugh on the heredity
boys. 1 dunno."
The third Item was from a man
. old in the service ot the Oeographlo
Ofllce. He haj a flair (or arch
eology. "Tbere are ruins In southern Mex
ico," he had said, "that hare never
been located. Quantities ot them.
The Smithsonian and the Feabody
people believe they're there but
have never gone after them.
"They've got plenty to do with
what they've already found. The
Mexicans won't look for 'em, and
there's a good reason why. The In
dians in Qulntana Itoo don't like
Mexicans, even though they are
Mexican cltliens themselves. That's
amusing. There's been companies
ot Mex soldiers cut up trying to get
through that Jungle, and they never
did succeed.
"I've often thought," he oon-
' eluded, "that there's something
dam' Interestln' "In that place
' something a white man would like
'to see they're so dam' anxious to
'keep 'em out I"
ON A Ward liner, sailing south
out of Vera Crus, Orahama
thought ot these things. The phrase
."something interesting . . , some
thing a white man would like to
see" kept forming and recurring In
1 his mind, like a bright motto en
graved upon a knight's escutcheon.
Frank supposed that the flrst
qualification of every adventurer
was curiosity. Curiosity to see what
waa on the other side of the fence,
the other side of the hill, the other
side of ihe world.
This inquisltiveness was as much
a psrt of him as his limbs: it was
the basic mental equipment ot those
- who devoted their lives to research
ot any kino; It sent savants to their
laboratories as well as farm lads
down to their ships.
While his heart was sore, he resi
tted that It as not Janice Kent
who had sent him south. She bad
simply provided the stimulus by
denying him herself and the type
- ot life thst waa hers. She had been
tbe stimulus; the discovery ot BUI
Langton's fate waa the objective.
Frank's philosophy of existence
was not elaborate. One simply In
He had regained In an expedition
back ot Caracas in search ot gold
and emeralds.
So, while his memory ot Janice
was not dimmed, nor the lonely
sensation gone from him, It was
with some nev stirring ot anticipa
tion that he arose, dressed, and left
bis cabin to the sound ot the ship's
cables running through the hawse
oles. .
His hip had brought him to the
point where be Jumped off Into tha
unknown. ' j
DON Raoul Ortega Rljon y Men
don had dined well. He felt
very comfortable with the world.
At least the soul ot one halt- I
grown chicken had sped, and quan
tities ot rice had been, boiled to
make his dish 0! polio y arros. At
the moment this concoction was
swimming contentedly In a liter ol
wine, docanted, so the proprletot
ot the place had assured him, from
a Spanish cask Just through the cus
toms the day before.
He leaned against tbe doorway ot
the restaurant, savoring tha last
pleasures of the meal when a little
black dog rcampered around tha
corner of tha street and galloped
through the dust toward Don RaouL
It was evident that the dog would
pass the gentleman at a distance
of about five yards.
Don Raoul drew his revolver from
his belt Ha cocked and leveled It ,
at the loping dog and pressed tha
trigger. The report and the yelp
ot the little animal broke the still
ness of the sleepy street.
The dog squirmed In the dust, and
began to crawl back to the corner
from which It came. Don Raoul, In
the act of replacing his revolver,
made a lilss'ng noise ot selt re
proach, and aimed and fired again.
Tha dog quivered and lay still.
Tha man nodded thoughtfully,
yet with evident satisfaction, and
pushed the revolver Into Its holster,
His shoulders straightened. His
eyes darted up and down tbe street
swiftly to see If any bad witnessed
bis lapse In marksmanship. Ha
sighed, and lighting a black clgaret
strolled down the street toward the
freight wharves.
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OREGON SCALES
UNDERGO TESTS
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of th Ut department of MrlcuN
ture U enrorcwTifnt of weights and
meiire law. Last year tht depart
ment checked:
14.567 ncale. 130 of which were
condemned, 60 being repaired fnr M?e
aaln.
30 984 weigh la, 23 of which were
condemned.
I . 634 lineal meanure, three of
mh)?h were defective. .
22,780 liquid meaaurea, 35 of which
were condemned.
7.647 (tajoline pumpa, aeren of
Which were found faulty.
II, 361 oil pump, two of which were
found faulty.
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Vlik vert fault?.
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I'OPTLAWD. Feb. J.(AP) Th
poatoffice department here today an
nounced receipt of regulation pro
hibiting the aendlng of liquor through
the mulls.
The order authoring the poetoffiot
to open packagea and deatroy the con,
tenia when alcoholic beverage are
detected. It alao ta Illegal to Import
liquor In the International mailt.
R I C H Fl ELD C0N VlCTl 0 N S
UPHELD BY HIGH COURT
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1 (API
Conviction of J. A. Talbot. O. M. P.ll
ler end R. w. MrKee. offlcisla of the
Rlrhrield oil comptny on chsrget of
embezzlement were ttflrniM bjr the
UH supreme court tods.
By George McManua
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