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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 19. 1934.
Judith Lane
bit JBAXKIi BOWMAN
BAufalH: The diaoovery that
Morton Lampere, attorney lor the
Bevlne hetre. hae beoun myeteri
out acllvlllet oB the upper Klo
Diablo hae complicated Judith
Dale's effort to build the Rip
Diablo dam with the money left
her tor the purpo lit Bin Tom
Bevlne. Lampere te euiug to break
the will. Norman Dale. Judith e
husband and Lampere'e law part
ner, line left the firm and dleap
peered. Judith't Mend Clia write!
her.
Chapter 34
BLACK GOLD
IN THE days which followed, Ju
dltb sometimes would mingle with
the crowds In the streets of Big Tom
town, or dine with a crowd o engi
neers at Hamburger Joe's. Seated on
a stool, swinging her booted legs
which wouldn't quite reach the foot
rail, she would loin In the conversa
tion of Goodwin and Larson, but her
ears would be attuned to the voices
ot tbe other men In the place.
Contentment was apparent In the
calm, cheerful tones ot the men who
Sled Into Hamburger, Joe's, or tbe
Elite Cafe, or the Gulf Sea Food
Restaurant.
The first change In the voices
came not In a note of discord, but
one of surpressed eicltement. With
the wives ot two engineers she was
having dinner at the restaurant.
Talk at the table was spirited and
Judith was dividing her attention
between a tenderloin steak and the
conversation, when she caught one
word spoken In the room beyond.
, "Oil." '
- For one distracted moment she
thought of Justin Cunard's words as
they made their air survey of the
basin: "This looks like oil land but
I hope It Isn't"
Motioning the others to go on talk
ing she slipped close to the next
booth. ,
"They're bringing the derrick and
machinery In on tonight's train . . .
got mule teams to drag It on up to
their layout . . . sure thing . . . don't
let on you know; we'll slip up and
see If there's any claims we can file
on. or buy up, eh?"
Judith returned to tbe table, eyes
wide with anxiety. If oil was found
on Scathborne's property, sbe feared
for the Rio Diablo dam.
"Max, I've got to get word to
Cunard."
OIL was the one thing that could
stampede the dam workers; the
one thing Judith feared. Had Scath
borne actually found definite trace
of oil, or was this Just another ot
Lampere's Ideas to destroy the har
mony In Ulg Tom Town?
Still at tbe table, she confided to
Max what had happened and he,
sensitive to her foresight, agreed
that Cunard ahould be notified at
once so that he, as an oil man, might
Investigate.
"We might go down to the train
and see It they're tolling the truth,"
suggested Larson, and hurrying
through tbelr meal, they proceeded
to the camp depot.
This night the engine pulled flats
behind her freight cars and on tbe
flats were engines, pipes, lumber,
and drums of fuel oil.
Shadowy figures Jumped from the
cars, communicated with shadowy
figures on the road side ot the depot.
Mule teams backed up, their drays
even wltb the flats, then the ma
chinery, oil and lumber were trans
ferred. "Oil . . . them's the makln's of oil
derricks." Tbe whisper went the
round at the depot when the train
came In. Judith regretted Dig Tom's
magnanimous Insistence that his
spur operate as a general carrier.
"Oil . . . where do you suppose
they struck it."
Claims tow LImis
BERLIN, Conn. (UP) Thlth Ithl
ths sthory of s. cow tltat ltthps. Joe
Psstelc claims he has a two.year-old I
Hoistein wit.i ft fissure on trie tip or j
it tongue which makes the animal
lisp when It moos. Consequently, I
Joes pet "Moo-the." eth Thirl
People began runnlog up from the
little town to stand In groups and
discuss It, a thread of excitement In
their manner, their voices pitched
higher than usual.
Some who knew something of tbe
enterprise became tbe talkative cen
ter of a group, assuring the wide
eyed Ignorant ones that no oil could
come in "'Till they git them der
ricks up an' drill down a piece."
"How far?"
"Sometimes 1800, sometimes S000,
sometimes they've gone way down
beyond that,"
Max and his wife and Judith
sauntered with apparent unconcern
from one group to another, then
Joined their party and mo7ed uphill
to Judith s shack.
"It looks like the real thing,
doesn't It, boys?" observed Judith -In
a defeated voice.
"Sure does," agreed Max Larson.
"Even Lampere wouldn't buy ex
pensive machinery like that Just to
frighten us with. He must have pret
ty tooi evidence of a strike."
"How will it effect the dam?" Mrs,
Larson questioned,
"It needn't," began Judith, a quiv
er of apprehension belying her
words, "it really needn't, but ... 1
would Just as soon have the dam
completed before the rush begins
Workmen aren't as efficient wbe
prospect ot 'big money lies Jus'
around the corner."
No need crossing bridges 'till w
build them," offered Goodwin and
Judith nooded.
NO NEED," sbe repeated, looking
down on the town from her
porcb after the others bad left. The
quietness ot harmony lay there. A
single figure was plodding uphill
wltb a peculiarly determined gait.
Judith watched. . expected him to
turn In at one of the camp tents, but
be plodded on towards her.
Not until he was even with her
porch did she recognise him and
when she did, she felt a rush of
fear. ,
"Mr. Scogglns," she cried, and see
ing the expression of his face,
"what's wrong?"
'I'd Ilka to talk to you. Miss Ju
dith," he said, his voice worried;
"like to talk over some business
with you."
"Come In . . . take that other
chair; you'll find it mora com
fortable." "I ain't lookln for comfort," he
answered, slowly, "not for myself.
For my wife and my Tommy, that's
different."
"Ot course," Judith answered
quickly, "your thought has alwaya
been tor your wife and Tommy. I re
member that nice room you built tor
Tommy on tbe bouse the river
washed away. You can build again
now and t.ot have to worry, can't
you, Mr. Scogglns?"
"That's what I've come about," he
said, then sat silent
Judith waited Impatiently. "You
said you'd coma to see me about
something?" she asked,
"Miss Judy." be began, "have you
ever been Hungry? I mean really
hungry, day after day, goln' without
so the ones you're a carlo' about get
something, pretending food glrei
you Indigestion so they'll eat It?"
"Not like that, Mr. Scogglns."
"And then there's other hunger,
the hunger women folk git tor putty
things. 1 mind when we was comln'
down here, Mamie and me atopped
oft In Shreveport Wa walked around
the square that night, and we saw a
big hotel.
tCopvrtoht. JIJ4. by Jeanne Bowman)
Mr. Scoaolns Innocently throws
e bomb, tomorrow.
rrlnre YVrltn Film
STOCKHOLM. (UP) Prince Wll.l
helm of Sweden. Younaftat son
King Oustaf, and known as ft writer I
of note, is now at work on the maniu I
script for a talking motion picture
describing the SM-aiah province ofl
8odermanlsnd. the prince's duchy.
SAYS SECRETARY
WASHINOTON, April 10. (AP)
Estimating 3,750.000 persons had ob-j
talned Jobs in the last year. Secre
tary Perkins today reported a sharp
gain in manufacturing payrolls dur
ing March.
In the labor department's monthly
statement, she said manufacturing
Industries added 419,500 men to their
forces during the month, bringing
the general employment index to the
highest point since December, 1930,
and wage payments to the highest
level since August, 1031.
Payrolls increased approximately
960,000,000 since March of last year,
the labor secretary reported, and In
March this year there was an in
crease of el 2.904.000,
Employment tor March, 1034, was j
listed at 80.8 per cent of the 1023- j
1026 average, compared with a 77.7 1
per cent showing In February- This
was the first time the bureau of la
bor statistics used the years 1023
1025 for figuring employment. Un
der Vie former basis, figuring 1026
employment as 100, the Index for
March this year would be 76.4 per
cent, compared with 73.5 per cent In
February. t
The statement said factory pay
rolls this March gained more than
In any other March of the past 15
years, excepting 1020.
Workers reported added during the
montti Included : Non-manufacturing
industries 163,000; railroads 3UP
000 (between February 15 and March
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NEW YORK, April 19. (AP)
Hand-carved beds, tables and slat
back chairs from the Val-KIU
Furniture Factory at tsyde Park
went on sale today under the per
sonal supervision of the factory's
founder, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Two floors of her tdtvn house on ,
Sixty-fourth street were given over
to 100 early American furniture re- r
productions, made by the Hyde Park
village craftsman on the Roosevelt's
Dutchess county estate, j
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived In New York
this morning. j
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Wolf Crosses Lake j
SANDUSKY, a (UP) A large Ca
nadian timber wolf has been sought
recently on the Cedar Point penin
sula four miles north of here. The
animal is believed to have crossed
; Lake Erie from Canada, 24 miles
! north of Cedar Point, over the Ice,
as several did a few years ago. i
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SAfet ,
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LEFT "THE G-A6
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HHI& MOENIN&:
, ' By George McManui
CHANGING POCKETS
CHAN6ES FROM BROWN '
surf to 6ood blue surf.
CAREFULLY REMOVES KEviS,
CHAN6E,E1C.,FROM POCK
ETS OF BROWN TROUSERS "
DI&COVERS TWO BUT -T&NS
ARE MIS51N6 AND
DECIDES HE HAD BET
TER Wear browh
SUlT AFTER All.
THRUSH KEY'S, CHAN6E,
EfC.IMO VOLKCl OF
: BLOE TROUSERS
NEATLY FOLDS BROWH
TROUSERS, A QUARTER,
WHICH HE HAD OVER
loOKEfl R0U.IN6 OUf
0f POCKET
1
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TAKES OFF BLUE TROU
SERS and folds them,
FORSETflfte To RfMDlE '
KEyS, CHAN6E,ETC.,WHICH
SPILL ON FLOOR
Picks Them up and
puts them in pocket
of brown trousers
(Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Ice.)
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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RETRIEVES. QUMffER
FROM UNPER BEPAW)
TAJT& ON TfcOUSERS OF
. Blue suit
puts on browh suit,
finds on return home
late thkt wi6httukt
FRONT-DOOR KEY MUST SflnJ
BE IN POCKET OF BLUE 5LIIT
By 0. M. Payne
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