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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
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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. . .
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AMILY LISTENING
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
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HUSBAND LOOKS DP
FROM PAPER AMP AK&
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HUSBAND MURMURS, AH.
AND TURNS PA6E WITH
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MOTHER'S USfcNINS To
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MAKE SO MUCH NOISE, '
MOTHER'S U&TE-NIK6 To
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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.)
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TAILSPIN TOMMY Paul Makes A Suggestion!
'7rrrZT"!ll OON'T THINK SO, :
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VQU" I OUN'T LIKE
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By Hal Forrest
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BUT WHAT ABOUT MONTAGUE WITH HIS "THAT WE HAVE" A VPJRV .
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OF MONTIf SWL (OE COULD FIND" FIELD WHO CLOSELY
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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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STREET
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By George McManui :
Six DAVS
OR SIXTY-DOLLARS-
MAKE IT SEVEN
DAYS AN I'LL
PAT THE FINE.
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