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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1934.
Judith Lane
bg JBASMS BOWMAN "
' BYNOfSIS: Judith Dole hat
0Oit to the ttlo Plaolo dam to su
vervlse the work heoun bu her tor
mer employer. Bio Tom Bevlns. In
accordance with the terms 01 hie
will. She hae lelt Justin Cunard
and Judge Morgan in lloutton to
nam siorton uampere. wno is try
. faff to rrcover tor the Bevint heire
the monev lelt juatui ou tff t orn
tor the completion ol the dam. But
mhe nlMn hoe Mt behind her Alls
i hand. Norman Dale. Lampere'e
. law partner. Norman aoee not ap
. vrove Judith's course. The dam
workers await Judtth'i speech.
Chapter 27
8TRAIGHT TALK
' A S Judith Dale raised her hand,
silence ell on tho crowd of dam
workers who had come to greet her.
They bad asked (or a speech.
"Tell me what you would like to
know? she asked.
"Our lobs . . . acw about our
Jobs?' "Who gets Mason's place?'
"How long you goln' to keep opor-
tin,'?''
Again her uplifted hand "Big
Tom would have had the man next
In line fill Mason's place. We'll fol
low the same plan. Max Larson
next In line."
A roar of approval greeted this,
"Your Jobs are safe. The new
company has money to carry on the
work and keep your salaries going
during the will contest"
She stopped. Somewhere on the
outer fringe an argument was going
on. "What's the trouble?" she de
manded.
"Aw," came a voice, "there's
bird back here says we ought to
beat It while beatln's goo' and get
- ourselves a real Job. He says the
Bevlns women are go n' t' let this
dam go as soon's the will's broke
and they get the money.
"Wbat'll we do with him, Miss
Judy?" asked a young voice, "shall
we ride him out on u rail?
This emergency was one Big Tom
could not have foreseen. Judith
knew her dam workers. She bad
known them all of her life. They
could be quickened to mutiny as
quickly as they could be quickened
to loyalty and upon the turn of
word this decision might rest
"Ride him out on a rail?" echoed
Judith In derision, "why give him
. transportation, let him walk."
The quick answer won. Roars of
laughter, scuffling on the fringe,
then silence.
Judith spoke again "naturally
you are Interested In your Jobs.
Whether you keep these Jobs or not
I up to you. It will depend upon
one thing, your loyalty to Big Tom
Bevlns.
"As you work, remember you are
. working for him, Just as 1 am work
ing for him. He earned tha Ave
million dollars It will take for the
erection and maintenance of this
dam and be had a right to say how
It should be spent. He left it to me
with the orders to spend it as be
, would bave spent It had be lived,
not for my personal use. I am work
ing as his secretary; his stenog
rapher, at a salary less than many
of you are receiving.
"Big Tom knew there would be an
attempt to break his will and he pre
pared for It. There will be no dan
ger from that source ... but the
same Influence which will try to
bresk the will, will try to send spies
Into ramp here to cause dissension,
distrust, anything to hinder the
work on the dam.
"If you listen to these spies, you
will e hurting yourself worse than
anyone else.
"Big Tom had foresight enough
to protect your Interests against
cur common enemy. Have you loy
alty enough to protect his memory
and carry out the desire of his life,
the building of this dam?"
T'O Judith, It seemed the shout of
1 assent was unanimous and
shortly afterwards the crowd be
gan dispersing and she found her
self surroundod by a group of fore
men, englnoers and construction
men, many of whom she had worked
with before.
"You said the right thing, Mrs.
Dale, said Larson, "they were wor
ried about working for a millionaire
stenographer. You put them
straight on that,"
"And what you ssld about loyal
ty," added anothor.
"Say. Judy." Intorposed Clark
uoodwln, with whom she had at
tended college, "did you mean that
about working for a salary?"
"I certainly did," she answered,
then with a boyish grin, "where do
( pitch my tent? And say, could you
rustle a second one for my girl
friend? This is Delphy, boys, she
decided she wssn't going to let me
come down here and eat mantillas
and holy beans, so I found her on
the train, spending her last nickel
to take care of me."
"Good for Delphy, you bet we can
Ind a tent for her."
They had been walking uphill and
ludy saw they were fast coming to
the queer ship-rock where the sur
veying crew bad taken shelter dur
ing the storm. There In Its lee was
a small bouse, lights gleaming
through bare windows, hammers
beating a rapid tattoo.
They stopped before the opened
door and a man In coveralls, pound
ing a final nail in the door step,
stood up.
"Welcome home, Small-Jude," he
said.
"Slim Sanford," gasped Judith.
"If I dlun't know you had wings I'd
believe you were your own ghost.
However did you get here?"
"With my wings. Cunard sent ms
down as soon as you made up your
mind to come. He wired Laredo for
lumber to be sent in and the boys
worked In their off hours to put this
up."
"1 repeat, you're a great gang." '
Judith, who knew the dearness of '
lumber so far from shipping cen
ters, appreciated the little wooden
aback for Its true value. It was Just
one long barren room with a board
ed lean-to for a kitchen and a cur
tained alcove for Delphy, but it
spelled luxury.
Delpny took In the situation and
called Slim Sanford aside. Slim had
been around Hlllendale enough for
Delphy to have assumed a proprie
tory air over blm anl his services.
Ma's Slim, reckon I'd best make
coffee and sangwlchens?"
He decided It would be a fine Idea
and he presided over the oil stove
which Delphy eyed with consider
able apprehension while she made
sandwiches, devoured by the men
who sat in the big room talking to
Judith.
$93,711 TO 0POT
CLOSED SCHOOLS
rSALEJM, April 10. (AP) The atate
relief administration Monday allocat
ed. $93,711 to be used In-re-opening
closed rural schools and in maintain
ing schools by paying teachers' sal
aries In 120 other districts which are
far behind In redeeming warrants,
j Charles A. Howard, state superlnten-
dent of public Instruction announced
t last night.
1 Howard stated that the funds had
been provided only to take care of
those schools hopelessly behind In
payment of warrants, and that no
help had been received to aid ap
proximately 1000 other school dis
tricts which are four months to a
year behind.
Howard warned that school dis
tricts, in making plana for next year,
should not rely on the generosity of
the federal government. Only dis
trict in which schools have closed
; through lack of funds and those still
j operating but which have uncashable
I warrants, Issued prior to March. 10,
1 1033, can qualify for relief funds un
der the federal regulations, he stated.
TWO DIE IN WRECK
OF VIENNA EXPRESS
VIENNA, April 10. (AP) Train
wreckers derailed the Vienna-Paris-London
Express early today between
Wei and Llnz, capital of upper Aus
tria, causing two deaths and a score
of Injuries. ,
No foreigners were reported amonj
the Injured. The casualties were con
fined almost exclusively to trainmen j
and railway postal employees.
STARTS APRIL 16
SALEM, Ore., April 11. (AP) The
new butter code providing for li
censing and grading butter accord
ing to quality In all retail stores will
become effective April 16, Max Gehl
har, director of agriculture, has an
nounced here. AH . butter will be
stamped A, B or O grades and be
packed under supervision of butter
graders licensed by the agriculture
department. i
Fair prices fixed by open free com-
petition Is another feature of toe
code, Oehlhar said. Hhe declared the
coda was designed to Increase butter
consumption. The average consump
tion now in Oregon Is 18 pounds per
year. The goal was set at 30 pounds.
Willie the code sets prices accord
ing to competition, certain bedrock
mini mums have been established to
aid the creameries.
THE DRIPPING CREAM PITCHER
Dance at Rogue Elk Saturday night.
April 14.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
POURS CREAM ON CEREAL
SETS PITCHER. D&WM AND
TAKES A BifE
IN MIDDLE OF BrfE Wlf CRift
CREAM PITCHER'S 60WS 1& .
DRIP, CAUSING HIM lb CHOKE
SWATCHES PITCHER UP Ah
CATCHES DROP WiTH $?00t
HOLDS PITCHER UP FOR A '
WHILE 10 SEE IF ANOTHER.
DROP IS F0RMIK6
SEfe PITCHER DOWN AMD
BrfE, BUT SEES ANOTHER PROfj
SIOWLY OOZINb V0WN 1HC aWt
SCRAPES IT OFF 0H RIM OF GETS PrfcHER UNDER COM
. CEREAL BOWL TROL AT LAST AND CRTS HIS
CEREftU
(Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
PRESENTLY ADDS MORE CREAM
1b IT, F0R6EfliffS ABOUT PircHER
WHICH DRIPS ON TABLECLOTH.
MOVES SRlTCELLRR CaIER SPOT
AND HOPES WIFE piDNT SEE
S MATTER POP
JUDITH was silent for the most
part, listening to them talk and
gleaning the real news of Big Tom
Town. When Slim came In with the
coffee pot she looked up and sur
prised his eyes In an unguarded mo
ment Sympathy and tenderness
were there, and a fierce protective-.
nesB.
Delphy says lust choc-late for
you, Judith," he explained when
she held up her cup for coffee.
After the men had left, Judith
went to her comfortable bed.
brought In on the work train for
her, and tried to sleep, but her mind
sped bock to Houston. What would
Norman think when he realized she
had left? What would he dor Would
be write? Where was he now, still
In Galveston, perhaps? His case
promised to last for a week at least.
Sho wondered If Mathlle was with
him?
Restlessly she turned and tossed.
Mathlle would be with him If it were
within her power. Perhaps she
would talk blm Into taking her to
their farmhouse for dinner , . , per
haps there would be clove pinks and
hollyhocks along the path.
She was being silly, neither one
were in blossom this time of the
year and Norman would not be out
with Mathlle.
She should be thinking of the
work which lay before her. She
thought of Slim Sanford Instend,
thought of him wonderlngly. Ol
course Slim had been acting as a
winged courlor for Cunard, and yet
there seemed to be something
deopur in his concern for her wel
fare.
Judith did not want Slim't regard
to go deeper than friendship and
yet she felt a twinge of pleasure
when she thought of the aviator.
8he started to turn and heard
Dolphy's springs creak. She held
her breath. If Delphy learned sh
was awake she'd havo to drink some
more chocolate and she couldn't 'I
She lay there wondering what th
old woman would do when she saw
the native children; try to fatter
them? What a time she'd have.
That was it, she'd write Normst
In a light vein "Normy dear, be
hold your wife, Delphy accompanied
by six cans of chocolate and the ok
red brick"
She curled Into a comfortable po
slllon. punched her pillow Into s
puff boll and burrowed her head
Into It resolutely. She'd count sheep.
She began, one, two three . . . and
then one hundred, two hundred . . .
tour hundred and fifty , , , was It
six or seven . . . there were voices
outslje. She opened her eyes, the
sun was strenmlng In through the
ncurtalned windows and Delphy
was tiptoeing to the door, a warn
ing "Shhh" preceding her.
"Ite right sorry sir, but she didn't
get no sleep tilt comi two-thirty
this mo'nln an' 1 won't waken her"
Judith sat up and peoked out the
window. Heads, men's And "vomen'e.
Scogglns was In the lead ... a dele
gation of the native families were
waiting at the door.
Delphy," she colled, "tell there
II be out as soon ss 1 dress."
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BUSINESS OVER HUMP
IS WORD FROM EAST
- PORTLAND. Aplrl 11. (AP) Prsnk
lin T. Oriffith. president of the Por.
land Electric Power company, retum-
IT WA-S MR. BOISE ME
WAIOTS ME TO COME OVER
AOJD SISNJ TWS BIG COtOTRAC
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throush the eastern tatA. with the I
tstement thst he had found 3ue BRINOINQ UP FATHER
ui me urat QiisinvM exocuiivFS ui ml
nation agreeing that "we are over the
hump." and that a long period of
economle "good time' '! beginning !
IIT WAS MR. BOISE ME X OO BE CAREFUL TT MOTHER, YOU CAM TRUST VDUft N
fwAtOTS ME TO COME OVER WHEM SOU SET , BuDOLPW . TO YOU 1 MAY MOT
AOJD SISNJ TWS BIG COUTRACn THAT BIG CHECK IB J SEEM TO BE A BI& MAW BECAUSE
( .HE SAID IT WAS MO TAViElT RI&HT ) HWOU'RE. USED TO ME BUT OTHERS
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LTTTLE OBIE
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BEFORE HE
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COMTRACT '
UJMICHNMLL.
GIVE HIS HATED
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his evecythimg.
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THERE Its!
TIME TO STOP
RUDY r
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SA.- X TOLD YOU 1 UJAS SOIM3 TO
THE. W1LTMOEE HOTEL. AJOQ THAT 1 VAAS
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ME PLAY- IN MY
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WISH YOU
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APOLOGISE
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DID YOU KNOW
THI PIANO l-b
ALL OUT OF
TUNE?
AND AT LEAST
A D07EW OF
THE KEYS
DON'T PLAY
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