Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 22, 1934, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE ETOHT Judith Lane aj JEANNE BOWMAN SYNOPSIS! Judith lane. Big Tom Bevlns' "perlect elenog rapher," has agreed to marry Nor mini Dale, tunlor partner ol the Houston taut firm that handlee legal business lor the Bevlns' en gineering and construction con hern Now Judith finds that her employer' daughter, itathlle, I trying to take Norman from her, and that Norman'e partner, Afor 1cm Lampere. It trying to wreck Bevtne' plan to dam the Rio Diablo and reclaim a vaet tract ol land tn Western Texas. Bevtne has called Judith at the Dales, and aeked her to go to his office. Chapter Ten BEVINS' PLAN VJORMAN left her at the street door and Judith ascended to the floor of the . Bovine Building on which Big Tom kept hie private ulte. She opened the door with her own key, then atood for a moment The room was dark, and Big Tom eat before the wide window opening onto the duek and city lights. "Thank you for coming, Judy," he said. "Turn on the desk light, will you please, there ..." he sighed queerly as the yellow glow revealed the desk with Its pile of neatly stacked papers. Judith looked at It In surprise, she looked st him.. aary for my building of the dam, he could force me to exploit the pro ect, charge the poor landholders ex orbitant rates for their Irrigation privileges, and utilize the water power for selfish purposes. j "He discovered I owned every bit of the land save that owned by Scogglns and sent a representative to Scogglns, ottering him a remark able price for bis land. Fortunately he approached the most loyal, land loving man there. He kept faith with me and refused to sell (you under stand, Judy, that Lampere did not show his hand In any of this, but be cause of your friend, Clla, I was able to trace It back to his Influence), "Having failed to obtain land around the lower dam, Lampere had a wily engineer by the name of Manbauser, go over the copy of a blue print, obtained from the orig inal real estate people there, and he discovered that they might switch the course of the Rio Diablo, through an artificial channel, around the land owned by tbe natives and through virgin territory, upon which Lampere quickly obtained an op tion. "However, he first had to acquire land around the upper dam, and thanks to that storm, 1 was spurred Into buying that before he got into the field. "Mister Bevlns , . , you're 111," she cried. "No, Judy. I was 111 this morning, All right now. Judy come here, oome close ... that's a girl." ' He searched her faoe with an In tent gaze, much as Delphy bad searched It an hour before, and like the old colored woman, he nodded satisfied. , . , "Judy," he said, "you're a One girl, You've made up In great measure for my not having a son. We've worked here together for four years and I believe we understand each other pretty thoroughly, don't you?" Judith looked at him in surprise. He seemed suddenly old "Yes, In deed, Big Tom. "I may do things In the future which seem a little queer to you, but .knowing me t believe you'll see below tbe surface to the motive. Now to business. "Get that surveyors plat of the Rio Diablo basin, will you . . . that's It Now see the orest Hue . . , then those dotted lines beyond. "I've a record of the deeds Died In Rio Mar here, and 1 have a few new deeds, taking care of the upper dam. I want you to check that map as I read these off . . you remember you made a copy from the one In the County Clerk's offlce , . . and see that every Inch of the bas'n, upper and lower dam, spillway and two miles beyond la covered. Ready?" HALF an hour later Judith looked up. "It's water tight Mr. Bev lns. Except for the Scogglns farm angle which juts Into the main basin, there Isn't an Inch of ground you need that you don't own." "Tomorrow, Judith, you will own It" "What . . . what do you mean?" "ThU After 1 left you last night I got the wires busy. By dawn I knew Lampere was trying to double cross me. When our reports of the annual water footage which might be expected In the Rio Diablo basin came In, Lampere discovered that what he had thought an old tool's hobby, could be made a veritable gold mine. "He thought that by purchasing a salient piece of land, a piece necea- " A S things stand now, 1 have Lam . pere blocked both ways. Tbe land will not be exploited, either through his forcing the people oft by making thein pay the maximum rate fixed by the state commission, taking their land and reselling It, or by attempting to change the river channel through new land which he could hold .at a high figure." "But, Big 1'om, with all of this explained, just why are you turn ing the land over to me?" "Because I trust you. Because, queer as It may seem to you, I can trust you more than any living be ing to carry out my desires. "Judy, remember the East Trini dad viaduct? I was no further along with that piece of work than I am with thla dam, when I was called to! Washington. Acting as my secre tary, you supervised that job, and completed It In exact accordance with my plans. "We have workbd together so long, that I know you Interpret myj meaning whether It Is In words or) figures, iud you do not attempt to change either to please your own Individuality. 'A man, no matter how loyal, or efficient he might be, could not help changing details. I want each detail carried out according to my plan. This dam will be my la t piece' of work, a monument, or eay, an al tar that I want to erect for having had such a fine, full life. I want It. tu be built of my thought Just as Itl was conceived by my thought . . . not tor tho sake of masculine ego tism, but because It ooncerns so many Individuals who lean on mat until they are strong enough to walk alone. Read r.uskln's bit on building sometime, the one which starts off 'Let us think that we build forever, let It not be for present delight, or present use alone.' "Because I feel thla way I want to make sure that before this night ends, you will have a complete con ception of the Rio Diablo Dam, and as soon as physically possible, you will have In shorthand, every detail necessary to Its construction." (Copyright, Jilt, by Jeanne Bowman) Judith lim a haavy raiponil. DllltVt tomorrow. AS ALLEGED PLAGARIST . NEW YORK. March 33. (API Jimmy Durante, comedian, end the National Broadcasting company were named defendant In a 1100,000 dam age suit filed In U. 8. district court today by Alfred Kreynborg, an au thor, who charged that Durante hid plagiarized "through singing, shout ing and reciting" several poema he had composed many years ago. He net forth that the poems were copy righted, and had been Included In a volume of verse. Blnoe 1930, Kreynborg charged, Durante had used the verses at night club, theaters end over the National Broadcasting system 'al though he had due notice of hla UtUUuJmBVt T INSURANCE HELD FA1RERJYSTEM Secy. Perkins Says Em ployers Should Share Bur den When Workers Idle Depression Is Cited WASHINOTON, March 32. (AP) Secretary Perkins told a house com mittee today It was only fair that employers helo nay In advance "the I huge expenses of caring for people whom they dismiss, often, without a j thorough Investigation as to their future." j Advocating passage of the Wagner , Lewis unemployment Insurance bill, ; Miss Perkins said that "tthe depres ( slon would have caused much less , tragedy and distress," if unemploy ment reserves had been built up dur ing the 1030 s. "In the past," she said, "It was the custom for the full rk of' unem ployment to be borne by the worker and the full burden flrt by the worker and then, by the public at large. "In the future some of this bur den must, In all fairness fall upon the employers to whom the workers originally look for Jobs and security and small ' but steady purchasing power." Miss Parkins termed both profit able and fair the proposed 6 per cent SON IS HOSTAGE FOR ' TANK PULL OF GAS EL CENTRO. Calif., Mar. U (AP) It'a quite all right with "Jimmy Doe", aged T, If his mother leaves him a security for a gaaollne bill. H. J. Day, Jr., operator of a service station here, reported today Jlmmf'a mother purchased three gallons ot gasoline, found she had no money, end left her eon as "hostage" while she went home for some, Day put Jimmy t work cleaning windshields and filling radiators. An hour and a half later his father drove up, paid for the gasoline and claim ed hla son. All kinds ot iota) blanks for aale. (or rent, no hunting no trespassing and other cards for aale at Commercial HifMat Dep o, MaU Tribune. tax on payrolls to be paid by those who hire ten or more persons except agricultural labor, domestic servants, nurses and teachera. fte said It would produce approximately a bil lion dollars a year and that "the vast federal expenditures for unem ployment relief make this billion doubly neceaaary." The aecretary aald there would be no competltve gain from decreasing payrolls since tbe tax affects virtu ally everyone and moat of the cost would be "passed on painlessly by a minute price rise." Dance at Rogue Elk, Saturday night, March 31. ' . FEDERAL INCOME TAX IN OREGON $511,947 PORTLAND, March 22. (AP) This year's federal Income tax col lection in Oregon amounted to $511, 047, as of March 20, an Increase of $188,030 over the corresponding per-, led last year, It was announced by i J. W. Maloney, collector of Internal, revenue. . . Be correctly corseted In an Artist Model by Ethel wyn B Hoffmann. - 3 Midget Photos 10c Peasley Studio, j i&rlSBV H0.MArV.lLl Be' XmiLLr-i BACK BEROBE YOU AMILY LISTENING By CLUYAS WILLIAMS SUDDEMV IXIS DOvVN HER SiWlHb MB EXCLAIMS: ' "HARK!" HUSBAND LOOKS DP FROM PAPER AMP AK& WHfffPIp SHE S&V? SftVS s-h-h h, SHE 1U0U6HT SHE HEARD A ' WlW N0I6E 00f IrJ "MF street HUSBAND MURMURS, AH. AND TURNS PA6E WITH ARUSTLIK6 OF rWR , THAT BR0WK6 OUT All. SOUNP IJsCjeI TO TiWS suddenlV To OUKIOR AND SAVS S-H-H, MOTHER'S USfcNINS To SOMEfrilKS OUTSIT 3-22. JUNIOR WHISPERS LOUD LV To SISTER NOT To MAKE SO MUCH NOISE, ' MOTHER'S U&TE-NIK6 To SOMETHING UNftBLE 1b RESTRAIN CO RIOSITV, BOTH BE6lrJ whispering what is she listeKinio To, can they hear re, where is if? MOTHER, REALIZING fin TlUTV OF 6ETT1NS A FAMIlV QUIET. GIVES UP USTENIN6 AND 60ES ON Wlfrl SEWINS (Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 8 'MATTER POP r tAM t-UCKVj 3V -tioLei. in Mf 1-octre.T i "If ' c- I tVJoDouL AWS Ami sXs- t)OLi.Ai?s To U"" A I ,1, y(r-'f By 0. M. Payna a LSI SUMTljihJ , I I ( KB x ' ( K"w CeYRR-f rfiU J (Copyright. 18HPyTEa Beff Syndicate, lne.) M TAILSPIN TOMMY Paul Makes A Suggestion! '7rrrZT"!ll OON'T THINK SO, : (HUES OF FlLM-JP1 LOUIR, USE-HAVEN'T J ALL OF IT GONE INTO TKS V WAITED"! p BATTLE SQUENCE - r-t-cj ltrW f "VeT- THAT SHOULD T (tV rS 1A? TAKE THREE WEEKS ae) AND 8V THAT TME" BUT-l'n TEJLUN'K VQU" I OUN'T LIKE TO TEK TH' RESK- sgvalt! alreaov toe HAVE PASSED T Mil i irtta &NO trz A HALF MARK' SY ON THIS PICTURE" "'g ALL THE OORE REASON I TE? (SO OM-Ub&'LL KAVR, TO 36T SOMEONE 1 H ' TS T-iSIIRLl C BHD SfeCrS MONTV IN THE AIR. By Hal Forrest VOU SHOULD IT JUST OCCURREOTO V PARDON THC SUSSEiTIONi TAUC AeOUT ME THAT SG FAR. S6NTLEMEN. BUT HA4 T AIR. SHOTS" ! WE.'VE ONLV SHOOM NOT OCCURR60 TO VOU" BUT WHAT ABOUT MONTAGUE WITH HIS "THAT WE HAVE" A VPJRV . TH" CLO&E-UP& Jg. HELMET ON--NOLO CAPABLE FLYER. ON THIS 4 OF MONTIf SWL (OE COULD FIND" FIELD WHO CLOSELY MR, SHPAN? -f -TjTwd BESeMBLE3 S1L.BGRT j j Oj TAER,6TAfe BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Old Warrior! TuMlUS JASPER HAD MORS THAN w Mane fionn uiaTURpm Tn CRACK DOWN'ON UNCLE NAT T THe rjuita 1HA COLONELBHKNeSi AS KKCHIUBNT Up TrlCIKOMCflL LINt ' HAD 6IGNED.NETH CALLED AND HE? WAOUNABLE-roPAYTHeMBUT I TM AFRAID THEY'VE T SOT MR WHIPPLE TO HOLD rr r 1 OUT AND FtT rM SOINGJBPli . . YET THE BOY HAS DISAPPEARBD, COLON6L BARNE9 m 1 AINx LLJJU i knovsi rr .' I MMOVJ IT BUT I'M GQIG J TO HANG OKI untilt hear j FKOM HIM I w VI III 8? Tl By Edwin Algec. VME'RE THROUSH ' COLONEL. BfiRNES , AND FROM VvlHAT I'VE HEARD. JUNIUS JASPER IS RESPONSIBLE HE'LL. have someone OVER HerNC TO PUT XJUOUl OF THIS OFFICES , Vl-l BET, VMHlPPLE.YOU'Me BEEN MOREi THAN A GOOD SECRETARY TO ME! YOU'VE BEESI A PRIEMD AS VOELL'J I'M BANKING ON MY . rJtWHfcVM i now THtiri i rou t.c OUT. GET MB HALPADOIEM BOTTLES OF MILK AND ABOUT tA DOZEN BOXES OF CRACKER3- I'M SOINSTO BARRICADE: THIS OFFICE AND STAY IN ITT HN7BUU7 WHO 1 HIIMKS HtCN TrlKOVM Me OUT TO OOITMS TO A FIGHT ON HIS HANDS T IF3HNIUS 3ASPER COMES AROUND HcRe Vl-LKUtJ HI NOSE M MY INK WELLS GOSH BULLY FOR COLONEL! hOopTrljat, 133, b)t The BaU BjidluU, I THE NEBBS Said The Spider To The Ply NES. CER.TAIML.Y IVE SOT WIM ' COMIWS I'M PRETEsaOlMCj X'M OUST 1 COWSIDERIMS THE PROPOSiXlONJ TM&T l IT'A A BIT 3 MALL FOR AM ItOSTITUTIOM OF COR arte... SOT HIM THE WA.TERTO rz: i GET AT THE HOOK. S-2Z 21 f vicri I i -ri-jik.tu' 3rtivr BtTTnrD Ik IVITF MIM UC WERE - LUeX-L SLAP THE EMTERTAlM- MEKJT STUFF OKJ Wlr-'l UNJTIL. H& KtbLS 5Q OBLIGATED WE LOOM'T SAV KIO IF UJE AS MIM FOR HIS AUTOGRAPH OSJ 1 I WM By Sol Hesi UiWEKI THAT BUKJCH GETS THROUGH FEEDIIO& HIM, PXXSSISJS HIM BIG CIGARS, LAUGHIMG AT WIS BUM JOKES, 5l--PH'INJ HIM OM THE 0C; UMTIL THE FILLIKJGS FALL OUT OF HIS TEETH . HELL START VAOMDER.IKJG UUWO THIS GUY KJAPOLEOSJ UJAS . UJELL, HERE'S J LTOOUKJEeS . . LOTS OF LUCK. YOU'LL L NJttU IT.P.KJU Hl-tJOT, ) v . (TC IT : a w i j i Wk LCcprriiHIHf, br Tht BVlflTDiintaslMl BRINGING UP FATHER I'VE MADE ENGAGEMENTS FOR MU?CAUE3 AND TEA'S GALORe THIS WEEKFOR NtV HUSBAND AND WtU-' WE CAN VI oT YOU ON THURSDAY POH TOUR MHO. LOT lN A DATE EVERY AfTERNOON AN' NIGHT- EH? VJtUU- NOT FER ME THANK GOODNESS THERE'S A COP ACROSS THE. STREET 1 ItM Kne Innnn ?ivin. tat, Ctm Siltlm rithn mft.(i By George McManui : Six DAVS OR SIXTY-DOLLARS- MAKE IT SEVEN DAYS AN I'LL PAT THE FINE. am 1 1 U I a II .1