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,
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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.
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By C. M. Payna
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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
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i:m comma ct rid
OF THI5) ELEPHANT
AM' ITS GON1MA BE
DOME RIGHT AWAY-
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ALL THEM ELEPHANTS
IN THE ZOO-
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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
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