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MEDFORD MATL TRTBDNE, JfEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1934. Judith Lane.-J tig -JKAKKK BOWMAN 1 arnni'ma: Judith uaies uem- ovist has proved that oil under the S-'Ouylne (arm is unlikely. Hut ilurkm Lampcre's aucnle have led Hcatifiine on in the hope that he will reluee use oi the land lor the Rio lltnblo dam. which Judith te buildlnp according to Bin Tom Renins plan. olth the line million dollars he line lelt her for the pur pose Judith has n plan to prevent Uampere'e enccecdina. and occur Inn the money lor the Bevtne heirs Chapter 37 JUDITH'S PLAN MR. SCOGQINS. when does this of! man of yours Intend to itart sinking bis well?" asked ludlth. "He said he reckoned lie could ;et tho apparatus In here long next nontb and git to working some time itter." "Mr. Scogglns, tell me tills. Has Big Tom Bovlns evor betrayed you In anything? Or have I, working as bis stenographer, ever done any thing you might look upon as a breach at trust?" "No ma'm. no, indeed." "1 wonder then it you will do this for me. Forget this other oil man. 3o back to Houston with Mr. Kane, Sir. Sanford will fly you back. You ind Mr. Kano choso your own drill ir, have blm come down hero and link your well tor you and I will lnance It." It was proot aguins Lau.iJWtt agents breaking, placed It before Scogglns tor bis signature. And Judith, pen poised a full mo ment, Blgucd last. The days began to pass like drab brown oblongs of khaki. No time to think, with the mad rush of work and the tension of Big Tom Town to watch. And then the tension broke. It broke at twilight. There bad been the calm of the after dinner bour hovering over the camp and Judith sitting on her front porch had lis tened to her Mexican vanquero singing to his lady love when sud denly the guitar stopped and out on the air rang the words "Oil . . . oil . . . they've struck It, she's flowln' forty barrels per ..." OIL . . , Miss Judy, Oil," the cry came up the hill, A band of workers were approaching her, "They struck oil at Scatbborne's Held, brought In a roarln' well. She got away from them at first. Rider Just come In from there." Judith wanted to say, 'Well, what of It, how does It affect us?" but she knew better than that. She pretended Interest, advised them to quiet down, but they had come to tell her they were going on over to see for them selves. "Walt," erled Judy, "tell you what "Judith!" Slim spoke involuntarily. "It's the best thing to do all tround, Slim," she explained, "I want to know If there Is oil in our Hood basin. 1 want to find out for luro before the will contest comes up In court. I behove It will make a material difference in the Jury's de cision." "You're right," agreed Larson, "You mean I'd git to fly to Hous ton?" asked Scogglns In wonder. 'Yes, and fly back. We'd like to get . this well started as soon as possible, wouldn't we?" Scogglns face had cleared of Its doubts. "I like dealln' with you Miss Judy. 1 never did quite cotton to this other fcllor, Ho was nice with sweot words to Mamo and he brung little Tommy a moss of playthings but I didn't cotton to him." " AND now wo must see what we can do to protect you, Mr. Scog glns. Max, will you run down and get Ogdon, the notary public out of bed and up hero? 1 want to draw up a contract. Mr. Scogglns, Isn't there eotno friend of yours you'd like to have In?" "Well, Scoficld liutl an uncle who was a lawyer, you might git him In." After the messengers had left Scogglns turnod to Judith" rockon 1 can sleep tonight," he said. Judith noticed for tho tlrst time how worn out he appenred to be. It had cost him much pence of mind to llston to Mamo and her oil man. and betray Big Tom's faith. "Miss Judith," he vonturcd a mo ment later, "could I take Tommy and Mnme with me to Houston?" "I'm sorry but the ship doesn't carry that mnny passengers, but I'll tell you what you can do. Mr. San ford will tako Mrs. Scogglns and Tommy for a rlilo It the morning be fore you leave , . . nnd I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll have a friend of mine buy Mrs. Scngglns' a fish-scale dress and you ran bring It bnck as a present." During the time It took to draw up the contract sho focused all of her attention on tho wording, passed It to corn man Ir. turn nnd. confident boys, lot's make a night ui It. Sculh borne's mules and wagons have worn a pretty good trail, wo'vo got a full moon in our favor, nnd we'll get tbe company trucks and picnic over, what do you say?" A roar was their answer, Larson, having heard the nows, had come racing to Judith's house. Judith turned to him "make It In relays." she said to Larson, "they all want to go. Figure forty to a truck. Make them sign before they leave that If they don't report back for work within twenty-four hours, they'll for feit this month's wages. And tell them there'll be coffee and sand wiches for them whon they oome back." "I'm fighting rather desperately for loyalty," sho Informed Larson. "As soon as you got under way I'll call tho wlvos together and start them making BandwlcheB. The res taurant men and storekeepers will help, 1 know, and prencher Smith will let us use his canvas taber nacle" With Larson and tho men away she turnod to Dulphy who had stood behind her fairly quivering with ex citement "Delphy," she said In a low volco. "you've got to help me now as you've nover helped before. We havo to keep these men steady on tholr Jobs. More than half of them are married. Their wives are going to be down In town helping us make sandwiches and you're going to say things to thorn that 1 wouldn't dare." "Swear words?" offered Dolphy, delighted, "Miss Judy, you never did hear all the words 1 can use." "No, Delphy," Judith laughed. As usual the old woman relieved th tension,- "you're going to say you suppose that all those fool men will be rushing oh thinking they can be millionaires; leaving good Jobs be hind and losing them. You're to say It's a shame men don't think of their wives nnd babies first, that they are nil gamblers, Inklni. a chance on a million they won't get and leaving their good salaries behind, under stand?" Copyright, 10 I, by Jeanne Bowman) Tomorrow, Judith laarna ths truth about tha oil strike. 'TINY CLASSIFIED AD Mark nullify In Ural I.lfr METHUEN, Mnnft. (UP) Fiction'! Black Ilmuty hmi n rrnl-life counter-, part here. It is Vic, now upending her )Rt dys at Vie MeUiuen Vnrn tion Kami. Thirty-six year old, Vio lonft nerved her mlitrs, Mm. A; U Pense, proprietor of a Miner Ml. lunch room, be (ore being retired "on pen sion ." MrKlnlei's llliige Ceie. mites. NAVARRE, Ohio (UP) This Vil- J Inpe, which wu the scene of William McKlnley'a first victory aa a lawyer, ; la celebrating it, centennial anntver- sary this inont.M. I .a Id out In 1834, ; tt wiw named after the French king, i Henry of Navarre. LOST OFF AUTOMOBILE Malt Tribune classified ads are of service even when It comes to locat ing a dining table and alx chair, which were lost In transit between Med ford and Foots Creek so Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Heas of Grants Pass can testify The new furniture, purchased by them at the Weeks St Orr store here, wu being transported to their home at Grants Pass, when It was discov ered that the set was missing. The following ad was Inserted In Thurs day's Mall Tribune: "LOST Dining table and 6 chairs, between Medford and Foots Creek. , Reward. Notify Week St .Orr or Mrs. Hess, Grants Pass," Charles Gray of Gold Hill, seeing the advertisement, returned the set to the owners and received the re ward. Reports today said the furni ture was little damaged from being dropped from the car. 4- Oregon Weather. Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; probably showers west portion; cool er east portion; moderate to fresh southwest wind offshore. ' ; 4 Lost. Speeding Bet. OMAHA, Neb. (UP) Joseph Tr rasclo bet Police Judge Palmer thir ty days in Jail that his car would not run faster than 45 miles an hour. He lost when a policeman speeded the machine up to 68. Palmer re lented and allowed Tarasclo, accused of speeding, his liberty on payment of a $5 fine. FOR MEDFORD PUPIL ALBANY COLLEGE An honor! scholarship carrying full tuition at I Albany college has been allotted tot Medford high school for the year j i 1034-36, bnd will be given out by the! , principal, E. H, Hedrlck. - ; Under the provisions of the schol arship, the recipient must be an I honor student, and capable of doing college. work that Is above average. He or she will be required to live In the dormitory for the first year. j . An average standing la not easy to maintain at Albany college, ac- j cording to Information received from j the college office, indicating that at, COMING IN By GLUYAS WILLIAMS least 76 per cent of the students en rolled this year are above the aver age of their high schools, f . Rent Closed Bank. PITTSBURGH. ( UP ) A new use has been found for closed banks. The downtown office of one of Pitts burgh's folded bantu has been rent ed as a showroom by a motor com pany for a permanent display. jfuS- UH-ER - BO&S -VME GOT MOLrX VNIRE FROM ALT T.AKE 1HI& MOKK1IMS- 6AWIMS- ' 'tm vweisE DETAlrJEO WITH A ' cushion AM.LE -DIDN'T EKPECT - - - 1 v VOU'D BE. BACK TILL TOMORROW ! IJeiThfe. run T 1 UNTIL-! TANKED 1 UP vJlTH CnANDARD Gasoume w1 , TE.TRAETHNL i Tit 11 mnAcc en r ASKS FATHER WILL HE PLEASE HOLD frtE POOR OPEN WHILE HE CARRIES HIS CART IN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPT PICKS CART UP, fftTHER ' MURMURING 56MEfrllK6 ABOUT" BEIN6 ftUICK HALrVAV IN, COWtWlS OFCARfSPlUOUT SET'S CARf DOWN AHP KELOADS If STOPS TO TELL TATHER Lorte storV about a BI6 BLACK DOG-THAT WAS AfloUNP TOPAV t-ii DECIDES 1b TUSH CARf UP OVER IrlRfSHOLD, INSTEAD OF LIFTING if. 5P0RN5 FATHER'S-r" fO HELP . : 6l5 CARf HALFWAr1 IN 'AHP REMEMBERS HE LETT SHOVEL ON LAWN RE1URN5 fO RKD FpiTrfECR HAS fAMEN CART IN . WONDERS WHfif MAKES PARENT'S S6 IMPAflENf. SOMETIMES ' (Copyright, 1M, by Ths Ball gyndlcsta, Inc.) 8 MATTER POP By C. M. Payna By Hal Forrest Sf-to-3ji 1 yj lU . fcjS (Ooprrigtt, 1984, hy Ths Bell Byndlc.ta, Inc.) Jjgl TAILSPIN TOMMY Deaf Or Is This Love ! BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Now On On With The Story By Edwin Alger ,VEN WEBSTER. A VJ STUftDV, UPSTANOINQ BOY OF SIXTEEN. ACCOMPANIED BY HIS INSEPARABLE COMPANION. BRIAR, A NOBLE AIREDALE, HAS BEGUN A NEW ADVENTURE j Ben will lead an expedition TO RECOVER GOLD FROM THE SUNKEN "STEAMER, "YUCATAN," WHICH LIES IN SOME SIXTY TO NINETY FEET OF WATER MIDWAY BETWEEN DGAO 003 KESr AND AHCHOR ISLAND, AN ISOLATED SPOT OF LAND IN THE CARIBBEAN THE LOSS OF THE 'YUCATAN1; WITH ALL ON BOARD IN A TIDAL WAVE DISASTER SOME YEARS BEFORE, HAS bcbN ONE OF1HE UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF THE SEVEN SEAS IT MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN SOLVED WERE IT NOT FOR DAN JEPPARD A WEALTHY OLD RESIDENT OF HURRICANE ISLAND. " WHOSE HOBBY IS UNDER-SEA PHOTOGRAPHY" THROUGH A SPECIAL TYPE OF SUBMARINE CAMERA, WHICH HE INVENTED, MR. JEPPARD STUMBLED ONTO THE EXISTENCE AND LOCATION OF THE SUNKEN TREASURE HIP HE ALONE HAS KNOWN THE "SECRET HE HAS ALREADY HIRED DAVE X3NES, A DEEP SEA DIVER, AND NOW PLANS TO CHARTER A SHIP--THE GREAT SrZE OF THE TREASURE, ABOUT TWO MILLIONS IN GOLD, MAKES SECRECy ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT AGE, MR JEPPARD HAS ASKED BEN TO UNDERTAKE THE EXPEDITION-BEN UKE. AN OLD SOLDIER AND BEN'S GOOD FRIEND, -WHOSE FULL NAME IS LUCIUS O'CONNaL OMALLEY O'BRIEN, HAS AGREED TO GO ALONG, BUT ALREADY HAS SERIOUS MISGIVINGS -LUKE HASN'T YET RECOVERED FROM THE SHOCK OF SEEIMK A . GIGANTIC OCTOPUS PHOTDGRARD KY IHtUNVtKWdlSK CAMERA AT the same time its film also registered the lost steamer But, here we are.ready to . start ben has obtained . permission from his only 1 relative, uncle nat (colonel nathaniel barnes), and the boy's dreams are already REPLETE WITH IINOFP-SPi ADVENTURE AND ACHIEVEMENT I HE HAS ONLY ONE- SMALL DOUBT REGARDING THE FUTURE, AND THAT WE'LL KNOW, TOMORROW THE NEBBS I Crlrlirnta Nllvrr Mrilrilnt,. Quincy. Mm,. (UP) Mr. snct , BRINGING UP FATHER Mrs. Flyod A. Hft.vwsrd cviebrsted their silver vecWhm with the asms j : nttc mlimt thpy hnd as yenrs ago sb i 1 thplr mnrrlRRe. I By Sol Hess UflT 4.IU .... .-n h,ROMEO,HOWS WE f WUWDOVOU LISTED, Kip, 1 ACCEPTED THEIR. f AMD YOU 1 MAO TO GO ALL THE WAY TO Tl W6 UON rwTl EASJKE.R THIS DAY ? SOT Y WAKJT MONjEY POR?Y EMTEHTWkjMEKJT BUT WME.M IT CAME. TO N THE BIG, TOWN TO PIKJO THAT OUT- IF VOu UMJt mip - MaOY MOKJEY THAT IS OIOKJY YOU GO OP ISI&JtNJG, A BUSINESS ASREEMEWT leOULO WAS AS SMART A YOU'RE TRYIKJG, TO MoJf -Zi . , isilDISSATlSFIED WITM BANK ( TO THE ISTOWSJ j SEE TU ROUGH THEIR SCHEME AS PITWS MOkE. ME BEUEVE VOU AHE.VOU OLDwV HEPO BACK IKJ 2 SUlFE AMD YJOULD LIKE TO AMD ROB A LOT OF TWIKJ AIR.. I SAID, GESJTLEMEKl, THEY , 1 op vwKj-p AS PAR AS THE DEPPO AMD klOCTUVII IF 'CO -s.SOjAROUKJD AND W SHARPERS ? MOSES IKJ THE BUSHES, TOCVANO HE SOMETHISJ' ELSE - ILL BET MVCHAUCES S AFTER A NEAR- Jii;;M COUSTWS, VyAnRIKJG DOWN THEciZy mnnr-n mi , ,t i DISASTROUS i:m comma ct rid OF THI5) ELEPHANT AM' ITS GON1MA BE DOME RIGHT AWAY- NOW - JOST GO AM' LO?E VOOR'bELF AMONG ALL THEM ELEPHANTS IN THE ZOO- 1 1 1 f T - by gollv-that WAb 0 EASY- KIN HAROLY BELIEVE I GOT RID OF HIM1. By George McManus WOW-WOW" ?AD THE FOX'. HE'S BACK AN' HE BROUGHT THE ZOO WTH HIM ma p. i j V m ymm
