JfEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDMSSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1934. PAGE SIX GNjuv SiudeJl bxj CjcuvvuuuA Mcvdi. GYS'OPRIB: Harvey Bower, big game hunter, and Ivy Qreen, animal trainer, are taking a cargo of ani mate to Singapore. They are alto in love iclth each other. They take refuge In the emoking room from a eudden rainetorm, only to find themeelvee locked In and the ehtp, deliberately run on a reef by the raecollti Captain Wong 110, eink ing rapidly. Chapter 23 FACT8 TO 8INGAP0RE THE boat-deck of the Boldero slanted itrongly upward toward the etern, and It waa obvloua that the was going down bj the bead. Bowers ahivered. It was the shiver of the thoroughbred chafing for ac tion. It waa clear to him that It waa Intended, for reasons wblcb be could not fathom, that he and Ivy ehould not escape with the others from the doomed ship. Keys had been turned In locks. Shouta which must have been heard had not been answered. Everything stank of deliberation. His Instant Impulse was to return to bis cabin, break In the door, as semble a rifle, stuff the pockets of Ms shorts and the bulge of bis shirt with cartridges, blow the door to the deck and deal death and destruc tion until be had mastered the yel low dogs who had condemned Ivy and himself to die like rats. Then he remembered that In the smoking-room there was a glass case which waa only to be opened In the emergency of Are. It contained a patent chemical extinguisher, and a. fireman's ax. "I'll have this door down In no time!" he exclaimed. "You'd better go below and get some things to gether. There's no Immediate dan gor." Just outside the door In question stood Wong Bo. He had greatly relished the poundings on the door and the shoutings. It by any chance the door should give, he bad hla re volver. The passengers would not crosa the threshold alive. So far everything had worked beautifully. There bad been no bltcb In lowering the boats. The ship bad no, stuck on the reef. Her reversed engine had pulled her back ao that she would alnk In deep water. . Flint had broadcast the most plausible alibis all over the Java and the China Sens. The lowered boats wore manned and loaded and even sow tbe remaining members of the crew were going over tbe side. Not wishing to take any chances what ever wltb the trapped passengers the boats which had n been low ered bed been stove In beyond repair. In a few momenta he and Flint would go over tho side and the boate would cast off and shape a course tor Borneo. It waa true that there was a breeze against them, and snlls would be useless, but thore were plenty of oars and plenty of strong arms and backs. At this point In his pleasant rev erie. Wong Bo wss suddenly con fronted by his wireless operator. Flint's face was dark. Ills heart waa beating like a triphammer. "I can't find the passengers," he houted. "Where are they?" Wong Bo simply Jerked a thumb toward the door behind him. "You promised," said Flint "More better this way." said Wong Bo. "Merited punishment for loose actions on respectable ship." He chuckled. "t-0 HELL with you!" cried Flint, and he struck bis captain a ter rific, perfectly timed, upward blow on the point of the chin. Wong Bo wilted to the deck. Flint sprang tor the bridge ladder. Tbe brat officer came running. But Flint, all thought of the passengers lost In a welter of fury and a passion for vengeance, kicked his pursuer a terrible downward, stamping kick In the face, and went on up the lad der with the speed and alacrity of a monkey. When Wong Bo came to, his flrct officer, bleeding at the nose, was bending over him, and In hla ears were two distinct sounds: the pow erful ringing blows of an ax falling upon tough wood, and tut drone and whine of the ship's wireless. It was the latter sound which cleared his brain. He struggled to a sitting position, to his knees and then to his feet. He cave sn order In Chinese. The first officer drew his revolvor and placed himself tu (he most advantageous position for pot-shots at the passon gcrs In the event of their breaking down the door. But that would take time, the door was thick and tough. Wong Bo climbed laboriously to the bridge and made his way to the wireless-room. Flint's Angers were Shoot To Kill Order In Denver DENVER, Sept. 19. vP,-hoot to kill orders mere laat.rd by pot; 'C authorities today as they started a aenrch for John Hamilton and Ocoie (Baby Pace) Nelson, who were report ed tn Denver making pinna to Inter cept a mint shipment of 300,000.000 In gold. on the sending Instrument and on bla face was a look of triumph and exal tation which it had probably never worn before. Ills fingers dropped from the In strument and he rose to bis feet and faced bis captain. "I've been In touch wltb Singa pore," he said simply, "and the cat la out of the bag. Singapore knows that you wrecked your ablp on pur pose. ... Oh, I see you've got a gun. . . . But you won't collect any insur ance, and If you hurt me and leave the passengers to drown, you'll hang. It doesn't pay to double-cross people, Captain Wong Bo. They're mighty ap to spill tbe beans." Wong Bo made no comment In words. He simply shot thi wireless operator In the stomach, watched him for a moment as he crumpled to the floor and lay face down twitch ing and jerking, turned on bis heel and went out Presently be had been helped Into hla boat, and when he saw that the first officer had also come over the side, he gave the order to cast loose and push off. Above the despairing scroams and roara of the birds and beasts, aware of their peril, could be beard the ringing blows of Bowers' a I. The boats crawled away from tbe sinking ship like many-legged beetles; and when at last Bowers had cut and smashed a way to the deck, they, had vanished In the darkness. CAPTAIN Wong Bo nursed gloomy foreboding thoughts and an ach ing Jaw. In the accond boat tbe first officer pampered a swollen nose which bled for many hours. Somewhere or other a bulkhead must have given way and tbe water which was pouring Into the Boldero found a general level In tbe holds of the ship, for she was no longer down by the head. She had lost her list snd waa settling on an even keel. The first thing obviously was to And or devise some means of keep ing dryly afloat after the ship hsd submerged, and although Wong Bo had Been to It that none of the re maining boata could be put In shape with the means and the time at band, he bad overlooked a life-raft a small rectangular platform aet upon two hollow circular floats with poln'ed ends. It was no great trick to rig a block and tackle, cut the lashings by which the raft waa held In place, and get It overboard. And whllo Bowers was en gaged upon this business, Iry busied herself with the mcnagorle. The forward cargo-deck was al most awash, and It Is Impossible to describe the frenzy of the creatures variously Imprisoned. That the wretched things must have a chance for thtjlr lives was as clear to Ivy as It they hnd been porsons. Some could fly and others could swim, and ahe had read and believed that the brute Instinct will always choose the shortest courso to the nearest land. It was no longer dark. Far off to ward Borneo three black specks marked the progress of Wong Bo and his piratical crew. To the east ward, nearer and more Important, the Invorted fan of the volcano on Tiger Island showed clearly. Here and there the thin pale smoke which rose lightly from the crater was touched with rose-color. One by one, Ivy opened the cagea containing birds. These, tor tbe most part, upon being liberated, rose and flew In ever-wldonlng circles, then proscntly straightened out their (lights, and headed straight for the volcano wblcb was (he nearest land. Whatever Ivy'a fato was to be, she was determined that Helen should sharo It, and before opening the monkoys' cages, she shut hor own pet Into a cnge recently tonanted by a pair of pheasants. The monkeys wore loath to wet thomsclves, but when at last one, more because he had lost his balance than for any other reason, went over board with a loud scream, tho others followed also screaming. The snakes took to the water with out hesitation and swam strongly toward the Island. When Bowers came upon the scene the cnges and boi-stnlls which had contained momhers of the doer family were empty, and the two halt grown honey-bears brought up th rear of a straggling procession of des perate brutes all headed tor a tiny bit of solid land and swimming for their lives. Of all Mcl.eod's far-aought and fnr-fetched collection there remained on the lloldrro only the tigers frenzied with fenr. (Cctyrixkt, 19.it. v (,,.irr llvrril) Tomorrow, Flint mskti a part ing gift. 8A1.EM, eVpt. 10. (,V) Payment! Cox. Linn county, who wns sentenced tn 30 dAVA In Jail and fined 9100 for driving while under the Inlhirnce of liquor, was tdny allowed by Oovrrnor I Julius L. Meier the privilege of pay ing Ms fine at the rate of 110 a month. He had already served the I Jail sentence, A female mUquito lays from 100- to 400 eci:s at one lime. B OF STATE 10 BE PORTLAND, Sept. 10. (P) R. " M. Belt of Eugnfc, prealdent of the Oregon Mining congress, left Port land today for eastern Oregon to con fer with mining people there and to arrange details for the Oregon mining convention to be held in Medford Saturday. E. O. Harlan of Portland, secretary of the congress, said one of the most interesting features of the Medford convention will be the reports by vice -presidents on mining activities in Oregon's several producing areas. The reports will show, Harlan said, that several thousand persons have been put to work by resumption of mining activity In Oregon, and thus many families have been kept from, or removed from, relief rolls of the sev eral counties. SUFFER LICENSE LOSS The sheriff's office today received notification that 44 residents of Jackson county have had their auto licenses revoked up to September I, for violation of auto laws. A major ity of the banned autolsts are from S "MATTER POP L 'Sv . Z Bci-i S .:'N - 'tf-MW-.urt&Pteitt'ZM W Kvj&V jMsMMiiXfiM HgTlER -t4osTH.iT.es j (Copyright, 1934, by The BH1 Syndicate. Ine j ' I TAILSPIN TOMMY No Visitors Allowed! ft rtYSTGIOUS I P F WELL, DID VOU F1XV CCA 70fWY! I JUST A LOOSE NOl- ERR-- I I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING--! A ship his Sr f C it, EC?-wv'r r vo- tll have rocked-arm, s never mind set that p and don't e Mer JXuv "T ..T i00e AOtsVZ J TO CONNECT BUT ITS OKAY X ABOUT THAT.' SO NOSEX KlO-lT, AIN'T sgp IT 7lec-VVT . 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J SOME REMARKS THAT WERE WOf PTXTnT rLrZ J ?L TI JC?f ' 7 "7ST"" "fii MANl BUT I'M ANJ UPSTAVJOlMSaH- V f LOITM J I I I '' ''' ' ' ' ' '' BRINU1NU UP FATHER Rv (Iprtrrra MrMflnni i f . i i i i i MOTHER - DEAR1. DADDY JUST PH ON1E.O AIMO SAID HS'OTAKI U"b TO DlNMER AMD TO MEST him on the corner op W.''"- - - wnzr " mm ptSim this city, the bulletin of the secretary of state shows. The authorities will check the list to see that none of the revoked license holders are "driving occasion ally." The state police this week are checking autos at the Redwood high way Junction, and the Klamath Junc tion for Improper license plates and drivers' licenses. PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 19. (P) George Scott, 46-, employed as a special policeman during the Pendle ton round-up last week, was fined 100 and was sentenced to 00 days In Jail when he pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of giving a bottle of beer to an Indian woman during the "Happy Canyon" celebration. Federal and state statutes prohibit serving of beer to Indiana, DR. LEE BETS DEER Dr. Robert E. Lee Is the first Med ford resident to report bagging a deer In the 1034 hunting season, although the opening day for this area has not yet arrived. Dr. Lee brought In a beautiful 170-pound, three-point buck to the City Meat Market yester day from Alturas, Cal., where he had gone Sunday to take advantage of the open season there. It is the first buck to be placed In cold storage In Medford. - Bv C. M RESERVES OF OIL WILL BE GONE IN WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. (UP) The nation's oil reserves will be ex hausted within IS years unless the present rate of production Is curbed, a congressional committee was warn ed today. Hale B. Boyster, federal geological expert, told the special house group Inquiring Into all phaaea of the pe troleum Industry that recoverable pe troleum reserves In the country amount to 13,250.000,000 barrels. Production In 1033, he cautioned, amounted to 905.6SS.000 barrels. Williams S. Levlngs, production di vision advisor of the petroleum board. Joined with Soyster In forecasting ex haustion of the oil reserves. How ever, neither he nor Boyster admitted the national defense was in serious danger now as a result of the present situation. Levlngs said 59 new pools with a reserve of 600.000,000 barrels were discovered between January 1, 1933. and September 1, 1034. The oil code which resulted In higher prices has accelerated the rate of discovery. Of the 59 new pools, 15 were In Texas with reserves of 181.000,000 barrels; 13 In Oklahoma, with re serves of 62,000,000 barrels; 12 In Kansas, with reserves of 130,000.000 barrels; and four In California, with reserves of 117,000,000. 4 , Growing tomatoes In sun that Is too hot does not produce the richest red color. VL.L SAVE MOME.V-VLL TAKE 'EM TO OME OF THEM TABLE D'HOTE PLO.CE5 WHSRSfOkJ s GIT A LOT Of ( .1 . n F3LATS AM V5KT HARD WORK DECIPES 'M DOESN'T 1IKE" WEARIK6 :cK& "TO-PAV FiWALLY WORKS ToC Of SOCK. ItioSE AND 6Eft-rWo-fiSTP 6RIP ON If 6ES HIS two TEETH MiO ACfiOM AMP "PULLS euvrs ?-!? t9 JfeMS 1AKIK6 THEM OfT LOSES SRIP, 6IMIKS HIMSELf TVO-FiSTED BIFF ON N6St .OSES 1bOH - HOLD OH SOCK. 60IN6 OVER BACKWARDS (Copyright. 18M. of Th Bll flyndietU, Ine.) MAGGIE- Ll I'LL. MEET VOU OKI THE CORNER OF TENTH AM' OUVE-NEVE9 MIMD VH. AS I ASK PLEASE TODAY WOMEH'5 FURS- wm By GLUYAS WILLIAMS TOUCH WORK W So eoop DECIDES HE WAN13 To KEEP HIS SOCKS ON, AND CRBWLS Off ON 0HER BUSINESS Payne By Hal Forrest Bv Sol Hess STEM'. DO r 'ri -H I