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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFOKU. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1934.
4 SPOT MA3BMM5E
fiyvOPSS.- When Bob Povert
discover lha( Ms mother hod onlv
i tew montht 10 live, he aekt hit
Kile. Martha, not to ot III divorce
hs lust ftas dmondd. Bob oe I
Jferlco 10 II.Hi hit Ujork llier
ond nur h( mlsunearelondls
Kit 1ar.ho. And Uortho If in
New York carina tor Boos mother,
the it taking an afternoon off. and
hot ml bu neoMent l" man who
caused the ml.wnrfrfndj. Geo
trev Tarleton. She telle him the It
hnpvu vlth Urt. Poteen, even knits
waehclotht.
Chapter 81
LAST PARTING
f ARSHA laughed almost In the
i'1 old war.
Til Bend you one some day If Bob
dnnsn't mind, around a ealce of
heel and he n .1. -wu on the
floor oul'.e violently with both lege
around the umbrella rack; and Bar
tholomew had laid be had been
quite embarrassed and he had
"perspired profusely."
Mrs. Powers, hearing of the "la
mentable accident" had urged him
to take a "little sip of port" and he
had; and did Marsha think habits
could be grown by such "little sips I
Marsha did not; she was sure tcr
could not! Very sure they cou.o
not!
Mrs. Powers relaxed; "He seemed
to enjoy It so much," sne admitted.
A silence.
You must be wearied, Marsha,
dear child?" Marsha heard. She had
V.F.W.RE
URGES SCOTCHING
Fl
OF VIOLATING CLAUSES
the
soap. They are really unique, those hoped , Power, nsd drifted Into
wash-cloths. They would be admira
ble for minnow fishing In the beine,
Is it minnows?1
"I think so," he answered. He
drummed the table with his lingers
for a second: scowled at the pot of
.. the waiter had brought him.
"MarehB," she heard. She prompted
with, "Yes?
one of those short naps which were
becoming a habit
Not one bit, precious, are your
Not now."
Would you mind my having my
dinner on a tray here wun you,
Mother? We could have a sort 01
Party" ,
Mrs. Powers brigntenea. ado
TACOMA, Aug. . AP In
first eomnlalnt charging violations of
A resolution urging B. w h iumber code to be filed In Wish.
out eommuun emwa. , v , wtn , company
ter Lake post, Veterans of Foreign .., 0r.v. county,
Wars, at the laat meeting as louowa:
"Whereas. The Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the U. B. have fought on
foreign soil and hostile waters In
order to maintain the Integrity of
the United Statea and to preserve
our constitution and assure our
freedom and democracy, and
"Whereas. The octupus of com
munism has stretched Its tentacles
of Ocosto. Grays Harbor county,
charted on six counts with failure
to meet the rrovlslons of the code.
The action brought by the federal
government, through U. t. District
Attorney J. Charles Dennis and Owen
P. Hushes, his assistant, wss tliea
here In the federal district court this
afternoon.
The complaint charges that the de-
from Hussis to the United States and pendant firm paid workmen In Its
through the aid and support of In-, camps 34.S cents an hour. In vlols-
tellectuals gone wrong, numerous tion 0f the NBA lumoer ana umoer
"If there'a ever any chance for mu,t hlve ,om 0f my Jelly,"
me will you?" .ha ald, "there Is an ample service
"I'm married, Geoff. Please re- , ,w0.
member that and that women who Mrsba said she would love hav-
are thoroughly married as i, aon t ,. . mt if there wis really
listen to the call of the wild, or even enough for two. And Mrs. Powers
consider that -ney couiu. u con iHUred her (it took three long mm
turns me off as I know he will, for utej that lbtTe wa enough for two.
he 11 never forgive me tor marryiu
him to pay you ven when Bob has
divorced me I won't mjry anyone
else. It Is Bob or no one.
"You're still young," he pointed.
"No." ehe shook her head defi
nitely. Then she looked at a wrist
watch and gathered up some pack
ets that she had laid upon the chair.
BEFORE Marsha changed to
something bright she settled In a
deep chair In Bob's room: she had
formed the habit, since his depar
ture, of sitting there, and thinking
there, of blm.
And often she read and reread
the letters that were made falsely
Geoffrey Tarleton watched her . .,..,. ... tha benefit of hla
wonderlngly. Time was when the ,h . A w.. in n0vt room
weight of an orchid was all that she thlt he considered the loneliness
could bear.
"Your friends miss you," he said.
"I'm glad; and I'd not tell them.
but I will tell you, I don't miss them
and I never shall. I'm really
oulto amazingly and deeply happy.
through living a life you wouldn't
understand, Geoff ... but one obvi
ously suited to me.
"I've grown -deep roots and Ive
that was coming and of what she
could do to lighten it.
She knew the old ways of "mllng
time" were lost to her. She thought
perhaps she would take up nursing
Mrs.. Powers' doctor said she
had a genius for It and go Into
some children's hospital, her craft
learned. And perhaps, caring for
children, she would not have to
schools, colleges, social, frsternal and
civic organisations as well as labor
unions are being penetrated with dis
guised communistic Influences that
tend to break down our ordered form
of government, thus fomenting revo
lution and bloodshed:
"Now Therefore, Be It resolved
that Crater Lake Post, No. 1833, Vet-
ersna of Foreign Wars of the U. 8. do
all in its power to stamp out com
munism and preserve and defend the
united Statea from all enemies
whomsoever; !
"And be It further resolved that a
copy of this resolution be placed on
the minutes of tnis organizonon, B
copy sent to department headquar
ters and a copy sent to the Mail
Tribune for publication
Signed, THOMAS K. FLYNN,
Signed. I. D. CANFIELD,
Commander crater Lake Post, No.
1833. V. F. W.
workers' code, which guarantees a
hlcher scale.
It Is further charged that boom
men worked 218 hours snd section
men 233 hours In Februsry Instead of
the code's prescribed 120 hours, snd
that the company declined to allow
them time and a half for overtime.
JACKSON COUNTY
SECOND IN FIRES
ON FOREST LAND
SAND
UtCMtV7fr
NATIONAL PARK STAMPS
NOW AVAILABLE HERE
New national park service stamps of
one and two-cent denominations are
now on sale st the Medford postofflce.
It was announced today by Roland O.
Beach, assistant postmaster. The
one-cent stamps sre of the Yosemlte
Issue, and the two-cent denomination
are of the Grand Canyon of Colorado
series.
BAIJEM. Aug. . (AP) The care
less smoker was blsmed for in fires.
the Isrgest number from sny one
cause, for the period ending August 1,
the state forester's office reported
here todsy.
A total of 408 fires Save occurred
on lands coming under the Jurisdic
tion of the state forester during that
period, the report stated. Lightning
was responsible for 69 fires. 38 were
listed as Incendiary, 28 caused by
campers. 23 by brush burning. 22 by
slashing snd logging, and the balance
due to unknown and miscellaneous
causes.
Klamath county was hit hardest
with 117 fires, of which two were of
malor proportion, the combined acre
age burned being approximately 4000
acres. Jscxson county was iisii sec
ond with 63 and Curry third with 28
The most serious fire was reported
In Jefferson county north of Sisters,
In which sbout 4000 seres were
burned over.
All units sre now fully organized
for the season, with all wardens, look
outs and pstrolmen In the field, the
state forester reported
4
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Aug. 9 (AP)
Jsmes McGee. popularly known In
sporting circles ss Jim Atlas, once
claimant of the world's heavyweight
wrestling title, and trainer of Bob
Fltsslmmons for his title fight with
Jim Corbett at Carson ' City. Nev..
March 17, 1897, died today
(Copyright, 1934, by The BD Syndicate, be I
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
IS TAKEN TO SANDY BEACH
WOUDERS WHAT ONE POK
WITH SArJD. SCOOPS SOME
DP IN fiStS
WOUDERS POES OHE EOT if
DECIDES THAT SAND IS DIJ
TiKCTlY NOT EDIBLE .
BUT DISCOVERS THAT If IS
lERY PLEASANT WHEN A Fsf
fi)L OF rf IS LET DRIBBLE
THROUGH THE FlN&ERS
or -Thrown op im the air.
Aun i F RUN DOWN OVER
ONE'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS
a,
MPs in fact that rf'5 wtf
TO SCATTER SAND IN ANV
DIRECTS
NoTiCK THAT OLD eENfi-EMArJ
WHO WAS RECLlNlNfe KEAWlY,
6E15 UPTESTlLVAND MOVES OFf;
BRUSHING SAND COf OF HAIR
DISCOVERS THAT THERE ARE
ft MatW THIN6& To DO WITH
SRND THERE'S W USE WORRt4-
w& about te5Tt olu ntn
lost all my old leaves! Will you give U ,0 hungrily of her own chll-
my new self your gay blessing? I d children, of course, that
like to feel now-a-dayi that I have wouM n9ver 0Bi now.
everyone s good will; ' 1 suppose
that's another symptom of my !
croachlng years; sobering, or what
ever you call It.'
He rose as she rose. "I'll wish,'
he said slowly, "that the man who
Is worthy of you, Bob Powers, may
find bis eyes to know you. And If
you could see my heart, which Is
full of you, you would know that no
scamp or gentleman could do more
than to make that wish
She held out her band; oblivious
of others be raised It to his lips. He
had never done that before.
He sat for long after she had left.
taring at the chair where she bad
been. Tha old waiter carried
squat, full teapot back to tha kitch
en. Hunger of one sort dulled
other sort, he knew. And he knew
too that he had seen a tragedy.
Marsha hurried, on foot, towsrd
the Powers' house; the small pack
sts, which were "presents for
mother," held close. The wind was
keen and It whipped the color to her
cheeks. She loved the battle of
A clock struck and she rose; she
ran downstairs a bit later to put the
small presents on Mrs. Powers
tray. "Bless her!" said Bartholomew.
He saw a set of knitting needles;
soft, small packets; handkerchiefs.
lace collars and such, he Judged.
Mrs. Powers that afternoon had
shown to Hannah the "lovely things
my daughter gave me last week,
because she said It was Wednesday.
She Jests always. Hannah."
Yes. Mrs. Powers, and It light
ens a houses "
Oh, Hannah; so much. Hannah!
Do you see her coming, Hannah T"
"Not yet. Mrs. Powers."
" Draw a chair to the window, If
you like, Hannah."
I'd not be comfortable sitting In
your presence, please, Mrs. Powers,
and no one watting for Mrs. Rob
ert's coming could be tired, Mrs.
Powers."
No, quite true. You'll stay with
her, Hannah? .
Hannah's eyes misted; but she
walking, face to gale, but within Ln,wered ,tadlly. with. "So long
five blocks of the house she sum
moned a taxlcab to get Into It. She
so wsnted to get home.
CHE paid the chauffeur, tipped
him, murmured that It must be
cold driving: and she ran up the
steps, followed by the chauffeur's
harsh. "It sure Is, lady, and
thanks!"
Pretty too, she was: he whistled
as he changed gears and started bis
lurching charge.
Bartholomew admitted her, tmll- two!
as she'll have me, Mrs. Powers."
"I'd like to go thinking you could
care for her, Hannan. rue aear
child can't sew! And her pretty un
der-tblngs often need a stitch."
Hannah couldn't respond. So
many years she had been with her,
the mistress . . . and now, one day
a curtain would drop between them.
For the first time Hanr-v consid
ered age with gratitude, to think,
It won't be long, at worst, that I'll
not be doing for her. I'm seventy-
Ing as no servant ever smiles upon
a stage. He hoped she hsd not
grown cold; the wind hsd come up
"something frightful; keen, It wss."
Yes, everything hsd gone well, but
Mrs. Powers had kept asking for
her until Hannah hsd taken up
stsnd by the window.
"I'll go right up." said Marsha.
A moment later and she celled a
wsrm "Darling!" from the door
way; then she settled by the bed
side to besr the history of that long
afternoon.
Mrs. Powers wss glad Marsha
hsd gone out, but she had missed
Marsha; she could not deny the fact
that she had missed Marsha. 'And
1 missed you!" ssld Marsha.
Mrs. Vlnlng hsd come In with
more wine Jelly and Doctor Burton,
being houssd with a cold, hsd sent
hta new curate as bis representa
tive, a very worthy young mau. But
unfortunately he had slipped on
some Ice he had carried In on his
The presents Marsha brought ta
Mrs. Powers were always sent tc
ber by mysterious persons with
very strange names. Mrs. Power!
loved the game; she would laugh
snd laugh while Marsha manufac
tured tales of Mr. Wlntergreen. Mr.
Peppermint, (Marsha knew her au
dience and that Jokes must be
rather muted, stsls and staid) Mrs.
Pepper, Madsme Csyenne.
"You would make the loveliest
mother, dear," Mrs. Powers ssld
once.
Marsha lost color. "I would try to
be! 1 would try to be!" she whis
pered, "but before that I'd try to be
a good wife!"
"Dear, you are a good wife," Mrs.
Powers Insisted with heavy cetv
talnty. "How can you think you lack
In any wayT"
ICrrmiet. I'll, tr A. BerJi Teyltri
Marsha takss up again, temflr
row, ths sad routine of hsr nsw life.
BEAUTIES OF CRATEP
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK.
(8pl.) Two eastm artists. L. H.
Crsmford. wellsvllle, O. and Arthur
Merkle. Cleveland. O, arrived at Cra
ter Lake this week to devote the
summer to the prepsrstlon of water
color and oil paintings of the south
ern Oregon scenic wonder. The art
ists were chneen from a large group
of prospects on basis of navlng abil
ity of best Interpreting ths beauty
of Crater Lake on canvas.
They are stationed In the park un
der the federsl public works of art
project and ars making their head
quarters at the CCO lampa located
at wineglass and Annie Spring Their
paintines will be the property of the
government snd will be plsced In
suitable place for display purpose.
COPy JUBILEE EDITION!
The Mall Tribune Is still receiving
occasional calls tor copies of ths !
Oregon Diamond JuMle edition pub- ;
llshed during the celebration early in'
June.
Among recent requests for the spe
cial edition Is one from Yoshlt.iyo I
ItumoJI, Kioto. Jspsn. How the cit-
lsen of far Nippon came to know of
the Mall Tribune feature number.
or why he la Interested enough to
write for a copy. Is not disclosed in
th letter. 1
Diets of clvtlred msn csiise tvMh
decsy because thev contain ton little
n-insnhorus. is s theory recently sd-1
vanoed.
Us Mali Tribune want sd.
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