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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKI). OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1934.
GNsiw SjbajLoS btj Cjcuvaxmm McvtU.
. . - Bower ana
Ivy U'ci.i ...iiu,rii on a vol
canic tMtanii neat Borneo a reluge
rlitfv htiia reached on a rait alter
being left to drown aboard the
linking Botdero by Wono Bo He
raecally captain. Bowere and Ivy
have releaeed the cargo ot wild ani
male thev were taking to Blnga
pore At teaet one tiger hae lound
tie way to their island: benauee they
could not litiht a fir (it time, the
eaetawaye have been forced to
watch a gunboat slip past them,
helpleet to call it.
Chapter 27
EXPLORATION
TpHB escaped menagerie during
the nlgbt gave to further erf.
Hence of life. Iry and Bowers were
so tired that a patch of dry sand
still warmed from the beat of the
sun seemed as soft and comforting
as a feather-bed.
They woke at dawn refreshed and
full of optimism. They had before
them a whole day In which to build
a shelter and eslabllsL themselves.
Bowers even hoped to Ond a dry
care, some old rolcanlo blowhole
near water.
And In this event his hopes were
Justified. There were dozens of
caves. In places the volcanic rock
was honeycombed, but one cave was
shallow, another damp, and the
celling of the third was too low.
But that first morning they stayed
there on tut point on which they
bad landed, and gave '.he whole of
their worldly goods. Including the
matches, a good drying In the sun
With a line and one of the books
which he bad found In the chart
room Bowers had a go at Ashing
wading waist-deep In the lagoon and
using for bait tho animals extracted
from certain brightly striped and
speckled littoral shells.
There were plenty of flab to be
seen, and he might have fared bet
ter with a flsli-npea.-. for hla baits
did not prove alluring and he caught
nothing.
He had fished for an hour or
more when a call from Ivy drew bl
yes shoreward, and when ha saw
that Ivy was obscured from view by
cullng wblska of blue smoke, he
knew that she had managed to
strike a match and start a Ore.
He waded ashore with great foam
Ing etrldes and In a mood or exulta
tion. Fire spelled all the difference
between health and comfort and
sickness and misery, and he bad
had the fear that all. the matches
might have boen Irretrievably
spoiled by dampness.
It was a pity that they had not
thought to brlni pots and pans,
but they hadn't, and emptied cans
and the cleaned halves ot coconuts
would have to serve.
While coffee was making, Bowers
marked down a group of banana
trees, made bis wity to them through
a dense, almost shoulder-high under
growth of sun-cured watergraaa and
presently returned In triumph with
ripe golden fruit for breakfast.
After break rest they went house
bunting, but first there was a little
argument as to the quality of the
coffee which Ivy had brewed, shs
protesting that It would have been
much better If It had been made
with real water Instead ol coconut
water, and Bowers maintaining the
contrary.
They returned Drat to the river
where they bad drunk and bathed,
and after repeating those pleaaures
and sitting about and chattering
until they were dry, began to ex
plore without any special theory or
system,
nETWEEN shoulders, the little
a- valley In which they found
themselves was no more than a
quarter of a mile In the widest
apace. They wished to and a iocs
tloo which would provide the follow
Ing particulars:, proximity to water,
aecurlty from wind and rain, and a
view at all times of the lagoon and
the open sea beyond.
The jhoulders of th valley where
the rocks showed black and bare
gave promise of carea But the
Jungle and the undergrowth of water-grass
were so dense that the
work of exploration was slow and
exhausting.
During thst day they discovered
the three caves which have been
bilcf'v described Hut dusk over
took them during the ,vork ot hunt
ing for a fourth, and the) returned
to their first csmp, and for the sec
ond night slept In the open.
The next morlug they loaded their
gear back on the life-raft and with
Ivy and Helen Jty-rldlng. and Dow
ers wading and tugging upon a
length of rope, the removed their
base to a high part ot the beach
near the mouth of the river.
Here they built a makeshift shel
ter ot coconut fronde and once more
set out upon an exploration with
their hopes upon that shoulder ot
the valley which had not been exam
ined the day before. And chance led
them almost directly to what Bow
ers declared was a miracle of vol
canic foresight.
Ivy had doclared that she was
thirsty. Near at hand was the trunk
of a coconut tree heavy with nuts
In all stages of ripeness, and lean
ing at such a slant that Bowers was
able to climb Into the top without
the necessity of cutting steps. When
he bad wrenched some green nuts
loose and dropped them to the
ground, he looked about htm.
Not flfty feet away and directly
ahead, be found bis view cut off by
a smooth black precipitous cliff. It
mlgbt have been sixty feet high, and
jxcept for one tall straight coco
nut tree springing from a terrace
like pocket of soil, It was bars of
vegetation.
The ledge from wblcb the coconut
grew was perhaps a third of the way
to the top of the cliff, and lust to
the right of It a circular patch of
blackness almost seemed to shout to
him that here was the perfect cave.
While they were quenching their
thirst he told Ivy of his discovery,
and even boasted a little.
"It wouldn't be so black." he said,
'lf It wasn't deep enough, and even
If It lan't the most perfect cave In
the world It's the safest Nobody
:ould get at us. not possibly.' Then
be laughed. "I am beginning to won
der how we are going to get at It."
rpVEN to get to the base o. the cliff
-' Into which the alluring hole had '
been blown by aome volcanic blast
was not easy.
There was a difficult upward slope
of broken rocks varying in size from
a pebble to a grand piano, and when
they had worked their way to the
top of this slope through the bushes
and creepers In which it was tangled
and hidden, they found that the
cliff Itself was more than perpen
dicular.
The ledge, tor Instance, from
which the coconut tree eprouted.
would have sheltered them from a
perpendicular fall of rain II was a
guod twenty feet above their heads
and the cliff, smooth as the side of
a atone house, offered no holds sr
toes or lingers.
Ivy suggested that the)- return to
camp tor rope and wire. She was all
tor telling two coconut trees, lean
ing them agnlnst the ledge and con
verting them Into a ladder runs
by rung. The rungs could bs cut
from anything that was strong
enough, and the endB roped and
wired In place. Standing' upon the
first rung, the second could be ad
justed and fastened.
But Bowers In the meanwhile had
thought ot a better way, and Instead
of a ladder they compromised on
one coconut tree notched for steps.
The coconut Is one of the tough
est and boavlcst of troos, and Bow
ers was a long time In felling and
deeply notching the one that was
finally chosen. How they managed
to drag It to the base of the cliff snd
erect It against the edge of the over
hanging ledge they themselves could
have explained with dl.Hculty.
But Just when they were ready to
give up for the sixth or seventh time.
and this time for good, the thing was
in place, and so tlnnly wedged at the
bass at one end. and Into a notch of
the ledge at the other that It could
have been thrown down only with
the utmost difficulty.
"I II Just run up," said Bowers,
'and have a look around. It I am
disappointed I'll let you know. I'll
howl like a wolf."
Presently he had climbed to (he
top of the primitive ladder and dis
appeared above the ledge. Aftet what
seemed to Ivy a long wait, but which
In reality was only a matter ot sec
onds, he reappeared, steadying Dim
self by the upper end ot the ladder
and grinning down at ber.
I've taken this Una country house
on a long lease. Are you coming
up? . . Can you make It?"
Ivy felt Insulted, and Helen, who I
was swinging from Ivy's shoulder, !
felt even worse. She disengaged her :
self, hopped briskly to the trunk ot
the tree, and screaming defiance at
the world In general, ran up IL Ivy
was not tar behind her.
Both Ivy and Helen were, appnr
ently, as pleased with what they
saw as was Bowers.
ICeHmei. lU. t, Gvmrenr iterru)
The thres And out uitful thlnot
bout thtlr "summir home," tomorrow.
L
IN FIVE CITIES
T
Fully a million members of Lu
theran churches tn the United States
and Canada will center their Interest
upon five cities of the United States
during the month between September
29 and October 25, according to Rev.
Geo. P. Kabele, pastor of Zlon Lu
theran church here, after reading of
the church conventions scheduled
during the period.
First 'city to entertain a national
gathering will be Dayton, Ohio, where
the Women's Missionary society of the
United Lutheran church will meet.
Fully 600 women will attend the
Young Women's congress of Septem
ber 29-30, and the convention will
follow It. Delegates will represent so
cities In thtrty-two synods with a
membership of about 110,000. Mrs. H.
K. Bell, Seattle, and Mrs. Louisa
Witts, Chehalls, Washington, will
represent the Pacific Synod societies.
BecontK city of Interest will be At
lanta, Oa., when the United Lutheran
Church Brotherhood will meet Octo
ber 14-16. Chief Interest will center
upon Savannah, Oa., where the 9th
biennial convention of the United
Lutheran church In America will be
held October 17-24. Almost 600 cleri
cal and lay delegates will represent
the 34 constituent synods, stretching
from coast to coast In both the United
States and Canada. The Pacific Synod,
to which the local Zlon Lutheran
church belongs, will be represented by
the following delegates: Rev. A. M. pert work Medford Cycle. 23 N Fir
Knudsen, president of the synod.
Lorn? view. Wash.; Rev. P. W. Erlksen,
Salem, Ore.; Rev. W. I. Ecu, The
Dalles. Ore.; Dean Belstel, Eugene,
Ore.; O. H. Rohrer, Seattle, and Mar
vin C. Johnson, Vancouver, Wash.
The pressing desire for closer co
operation between Lutheran bodies
adds two other cities to the roster
Waverly, Iowa, where the American
Lutheran church, a body of 325.000
members with nation-wide distribu
tion, will gather October 12-18, and
Oehkosh, Wis., where the Women's
Missionary Federation of the Ameri
can Lutheran church will gather
October 23-25.
WHIRR OF-LOOMS -SOUNDS
AGAIN IN
TEXTILUEIS
(Continued from page one.)
BOISE, Idaho, .Sept. 24. (P)
Homer Pltner, 49, executive vlce
preitdent of the First National bank
of Idaho and eight affiliated banks
In this state and Oregon, was drown
ed today In the Snake river near
Hagerman, 100 miles southeast of
here, while on a fishing trip.
Pltner and Jack Moss of Buhl were
In a boat In the river when It was
drawn Into Dell rapids, about three
miles upstream from Hagerman, and
overturned. Moss managed to reach
the boat and made a desperate effort
to reach Pltner.
Mosa held to the boat and finally
brought it ashore.
The accident occurred about 4:30
p. m. and search was continued for
the body until dark. Sheriff Wayne
Flack of Good Ing county and J. E.
Manuel, coroner, are directing the
search.
GUNS Repaired ana Cleaned fix
SNAPSHOTS OF A SMALL BOY PUTTING ON HIS SWEATER by gluyas wiluams
cate collective bargaining disputes, an
investigation of wages and conditions,
and a second commission to regulate
the "stretch-out." Some pronounce
ment from manufacturers on this re
port Is expected within a day or two.
Strike leaders said any discrimina
tion against strikers would be placed
quickly before the board of three,
which President Roosevelt Is expected
to Bet up.
Both Claim Victory.
Opinions about the outcome of the
strike varied. Union leaders claimed
a victory In getting complaints before
Impartial bodies, In regulation of the
stretchout and In taking the adminis
tration of labor provisions of the
codes away from NRA. Mill owners ex
pressed themselves otherwise, one de
claring that the only gain for strikers
was "a three week s vacation without
pay."
SALEM WOOLEN MILL
RESUMES OPERATION
SALEM. Sept. 24. (AP) All but 25
of the crew of 160 employed by the
Thoams B. Kay Woolen mills here
were back at work this morning, fol
lowing the forced shut-down of the
plant during the recent textile strike.
The balance of the force will go back
when all departments can be supplied
with work again. Manager Ercel Kay
announced.
(Oopyrifht, 1934. by The Bell Syvdic&W, Ids.)
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