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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORIJ, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1934. Judith Lane bp JEW, Mi BOWMAN SYNOPSIS: Judith Lane and Norman Dale luet have beoome en aaactt. Now they are at work get ting the nativee of the Rio Diablo valley out of the way of an ap proaching etorm and flood. Judith ie eccretary to Tom Uevtne, the engineer and contractor preparing to dam the Rio Diablo. Back in Iloueton. where Bevtne' headquar ter! are, Norman ia junior partner of the law firm which handle! the Bevine bueinea. Judith ie watch inp over the children and watch inp her future hueband at the eame time. Chapter Four THE STORM JUDITH paused and looked up. Dale had stopped to give his pack train a rest "everything quiet?" he asked. "Maybe you'd better more on to the lee of the sblp rock, Scog glns ssyi the usual high water line Is about here and when she strikes" he lifted expressive shoulders wltb a glance at the round-eyed children. "We've got everything excepting the houses In a relatively safe place . . . I'll be with you as noon as every one's left the danger line." He moved on, Judith's gaze fol lowing. She thought of Clla's re mark that every woman who saw him wanted to take blm borne for keeps , , , she didn't blame them , . , women must be Intuitively right "Tell us another, Miss Lane, tell us a storm-one this time." begged a scrawny girl of twelve, "I'm skeered of stormB," she explained. Flushes of heat lightning show&J weird mists riding furiously towards them and then a single Jagged stroke of lightning cut across the heavens. Quickly Judith Improvised a Jingle ' "Old Mother Summer Is sweeping the sky, Hist to the swish As her rain brooms brush by. Look at their handles all Jagged and red. ..." The storm struck with a crash. Judith hesitated a moment and Tommy manfully took up the theme: "Duck down y'nlnnles Or y'll all git struck dead." Judith didn't have time to remon strate The quick pelter of rain drops had brought those below up on a run and parents wore gather Ing their offspring together and hustling them Into the shelter of the queer rock formation which loomed like a ship-shaped . light house on the rim of the river basin. "YVTE WANT our young-uns with ' us." they oxplnlned apologet ically, and Judith, following them, tensed the primitive In them as chil dren, live stock and household goods were ccraled In family units. Judith found herself In a sheltered nook, the lip ot the rock breaking the storm. Tom Bevlns and Norman Dala were seated on either sldo, the other members of the expedition and tho pack train, ranged about them. Uevlna pulled a pup-tent over them, and then the storm bogan, a storm upon which Judith would look back with a shudder ot horror and tho memory ot which would out weigh all else when she approached the crisis of her life. A roar and a crash, the frantic braying ot pack mules fighting their haltera, the hysterlcnl scream of a woman rising above the moan ot the wind, a suddon hush and a baby whimpering, and then the excited cry of men. As one the expedition members arose. Down through the haaln they had Just vacated came a wall of wa- TALENT P.-T. A. MEETJ Talent P.-T. A. will hold regular meeting at the school houM Friday, March 16, at 3:30 p. m. The speakers tor the afternoon will be Dr. Drummond of the county health unit, who will apeak on the "Value of Health Kxnmlnatlona In the School," and Miss Blanch Runelt, who will spcaU on the "Immunisa tion for Dlhntherla" program for the schools. As these subject are ot vital Im portance to the parents, a large at tendance Is expected. 8ALEM, March" 1S-(AP) The pub llo utilities commissioner today da rned the application ot the Reliance Freight line, of Portland for a per mit to operate aa a common carrier between Xlxtd tersUoL II'fllWNGER'SHAND (STAND OF CHURCH tor, foam ridden, lipped with debrli which whirled over and under, over and under. On the high shore of the river the little adobe houses stood like doomed entitles as the Devil River arose 16 meet the water wall and then together they mouthed the houses, whirled about, lapped greed-lly- "There goes Scogglns place," cried a voice, as one cubicle on the shore crumpled. Judith turned her head, snuggled it Into the hollow ot Nornun's shoul der, glad she was a woman, a child woman who could bide her tears. THB storm roared on. The Rio Diablo roared on. Judith, from the shelter of Norman's arms, heard them. She also heard the low moan ing of the cook's wife and half en vied her the luxury of relieving her emotions. Below them the water was rising as though to meet the sudden dark ness of night. "Judy," Big Tom's voic was tense with excitement . . , "get your notebook." Judith looked up In amazement , . . notebook at a time like this with death sizzling overhead In Jagged lightning which wouldn't stay over head, but came darting down about them In brittle crashes? Automatically she reached for her hip pocket, pulled out the book, felt Norman adjust the pup tent to a more protective angle and produce a small flash light. "Ready? Sight line from ship rock to point of narrow channel. Upper dam, secondary rosorvolr ab solute necessity. Have Dale chock site, locate deeds on-" Crash I Judith's pencil Intent upon a. pothook veered upwards. Bang! Her neat bird's eye ro sembled a bird In flight, but on went Big Tom's voice.- He was standing now as If he could seo through the murk ot the night and the storm, and his voice held the timber of young manhood, ot a vision newly seen. Judith didn't know when the storm calmed down, she was too busy. Big Tom was dictating at a rate which tested her speod. "The perfect stenographer," chuckled Judith's future husband. And then when her band was cramped and her knee balancing tha book was cramped, Big Tom stopped. Judith looked up. The last volley of thunder was soomlng Into the distance, Ores of hoarded sage brush were being lighted, the aroma of coffee and frying bacon mingled with the wood-smoke. Tension relaxed, but the natives' spirits were low. Thomas Scogglns, Senior, their leader, tbe man who had built the largost adobe house wltb even a private room for his Tommy, and then had watched It swept on down to the Quit, came up to the expedition's camp. "Yiu see how It Is. sir," he said wltb hopeless resignation In his voice. "We farm, and then If we got any rain at all It comos like this and everything Is washeii away. I'm sorry you had to see It, you won't want to go on with your dam after this." "Won't want to go on?" repeated Bovlns. "Man allvo, do you think any engineer with a soul could too this water go to waste and not want to harness It Into something use ful?" (Copyright, J9JI, by Jeanne Bowman) Judith t.ti lit. from a ntw snots, tomorrow. iNSULL GETS 'GATE' ATHENS, March 18. (AP) Authori ties stated officially today that Sam uel Iruull Sr . Chicago fugitive, will be eacorted by police to the Clreelt frontier tomorrow. The announcement came after the former utilities operator had defiant, ly refused to accept the American consular travel document ImuM In order that he might comply with the Oreek government's order that he leave thla country by midnight to morrow. (Imharns visit Here Mr, and Mra. M. F. Graham, formerly of this city, made a short buslneaa atop In Med ford yesterday, en route from their home near Harbor, Ore., to Hollywood, San Diego and other southern Cali fornia point. m IN nULUUrlUIMlo fA!K!UI5 CHICAGO, March 15. (AP) The sinister hand of "Whittling" John DUUnger, Indiana desperado, was seen today in a soa.uoo roDDery 01 the First National bank ot Mason City, Iowa. The loot of the raid, staged yes terday by seven machine gun ban dits, marked a new high In a recent series of assaults on mid-west banks. Witnesses said they believed the lead er was Dlllinger. Tactics employed by the gunmen were similar to those used by the bandtta who stole between $10,000 and $20,000 March 6 from a bank at Soulx Falls. They were also like the methods of robbers who mnde a WAV with 021 flOO at. Ar-fhlmrm Kam . last Monday. . . In eayi instance they took -hos-tages with them as shields. PENITENTIARY INMATE HANGS SELF IN CELL SALEM, March 18. (AP) Henry Duffy, 51 Inmate of tho state, peni tentiary, ended his life Wednesday by hanging himself with a small piece of cord In hi cell this morning, prison officials stated. He was committed to the penitenti ary November 11, 1933 from Multno mah county following conviction on a charge of perversion. A motorcycle rider questioned af ter a collision on a downtown Kan sas City street told police there were so many bright advertising signs at! the intersection he could not dis tinguish the traffic light. I tlngulsh the traffio light. pyyyyiyvy- , Copyright, 1934. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) I I S 'MATTER POP "- ' By C. M. Payne "" I it l (Oopyrigtt, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ' I TAILSPIN TOMMY Mcnta5;e Steps In! By 31 Forrest iiiiKNs-. irmwoftDi irpsi . jzu I Iiillilll r 'u. 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BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManuf PM -yL' . "7 ( AN' IF ANYMORE THING'S D I FOP r.ct rKiBa. kc- 1 I j , : ' ! . to?.'N f upyi F- - ARE CHARGED-I'LL "bEMO DADDY-WWV PICK f VOL i K", ALL HtY. 'EM BACK-ALL YOU DO ON ME?TW W J UUIT? .W'UkC ui hccm -X'VJi- V,",' " I It) TO &UY THINGS- I'M NsA'aDNUEHtOAMU STTl VV y W f EEAI I J MINUTE-I COMMA PUT A TOP CHARGED BY - J . , I KKfvJ ;" L JtY I &. I ; PORTLAND, March IS. (AP) The Oregon Daughters of 1BI3 do not see eye to eye with the social service commission of the Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal church which, at the annual conference last week, decried the "Nationalistic" reverence - - - But feHEfeLOCK1 KljF VJE KMOVJ THE CfclME OCCUfcfcED EXACTLY AT 8:20 AMP HE WAS POSITIVELV SEEM 20 MILES AVWAW AT 8: 15 HOVJ CAM HE BE - MPLIf ATFD7 1 L. 8S I OCCURRED EXACTLY AT f DEAK.TOm! M W6 KEV ODf OF POCKE JOWKIL? WE TELEPHONE ritln m g'20AMPHEWA& iL HAVJENDU NEVER W0R PO&1TIVELV SEEM 20 W . HEAI2POF . ' sy L, miles awaw at 8: is -T Staudaed Gasoline 1 , IVJN HE BE WlTHTETfeAETHNL f jf JiPll Jr WIS PR0P0CE6 A UVELV AR&UMINf BESWS BE' BE6INNM6 o 6Ef VERr" 6Ef6 KEVROPPlrG. v.fH.lW Aflif aFJMW ,W7a' BUSllE UPSTAIRS, VlVT -WEEM MIUJRED WHO IS COLD. DECvpES rf Will MOSf OF BlWDLES, w7 yiVliU " fW f f MM-tP cfllim "tflERE , SHE KNEW J0II& HER HAIR, ArJD WlL- BE QUICKER 0 6Ef KEV DOOR OPENS. FEELS If) Vt V AtlUM -l' 8.ra2JV W Hi? rf UKA -ftV TlOnO ftf 1 1 TWT Ikl fUr Minnf ftF A niM" t PrvvrY TilCKPArP rmi ot secular and patriotic documents,.! flags', .holidays and anthems. The Daughces of 1813 view with "dismay and regret" the action taken by the church commission, and adopted a resolution here last night to that effect. "Jason Lee and his follower! who came early to Oregon," the1 resolu-! tlon stated, "and whose memorable Journey west we are about to com memorate, were patriots as well as christians and Methodists." Dr. M. Farwalter of Van Wert, Ohio, has a living turtle with two heads and six legs which was found on the bank of a Texas utream. - - u m Ms m 1 I i- J FtLEMENTAKY - tJ I ovrtuLt.5. kinkj qui. no mirt voitc uroiiKa wtaivi iwnr: 11 wra,nru n-irnni.ni.H i ELEMEMTAIiV- 3$ SeTritSfR066LEOF6Ef- CfiLUK6 WAS "TriPff 1&E . WILfRED "THINKS ff WAS THE FAMILY ALBUM-DOORBELL i - i M ' yj yj yy 6fS HOMf WEN WlfH WTfR ft M0Mri HEARS WARS MILDRED KEPlV SHE RN65 A&ftlrl, IONS WP By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
