JfEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDMSSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1934.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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