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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOltl). OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1934 Judith) Lane" Marian Gordon bv .IEAXXE M'.M.V SYNOPSIS: Uarian Gordon ttuming Uiepatch Reporter, i$ anxious to go to dinner with Lon Valid, who it waiting tor her in front of the Diepatch building. But her managing editor demandt a reeumi ot the Brown bribery trial; Marian telle him how Jenny Caee. Brown'e lilted Hondo, hat accused him ot accepting $10,000 to pate a detective high echool building, and haw the girl Brown married ad mitted to Jenny that the knew of the bribe all along. Chapter Two SILVER HONDON "DROWN Insisted," Marian went D on, "and proved that this ten thousand came to him from a per sonal friend as a loan. "Who was the friend!" "A fruit rancher from Sonoma county, T. T. Lawson. They put a tracer on Lawion's account, but could find no evidence that ten thou anil had been paid him at any time, so the Jury waa forced to accept Brown's word. "As far u 1 can see, Mr. Bowen. the only thing proven In this case Is that Jenny thought up a neat way of getting revenge on Linda for steal ing her man." "The usual 'honor among wom en,' " commented Bowen adding, "present company excepted. 1 under stand the case went to the Jury this afternoon and that Jones la down of her spirit Know Silver Hondont Hadn't Silver made ber hours ot Joy and misery combined; hadn't that exquisite pet of the girls' school taken everything she bad ever held dear, from the kakemona Uncle Tom had brought from Japan, to her first beau? She thought ot Lon and shivered slightly, rebuked herself for being fifty-seven varieties of a fool. She hadn't seen Silver for at least four years, not alnce ber marriage te Cliff. It wasn't likely she'd be see ing her again, they lived such differ ent lives. "Yes," she answered Bowen, "I know Silver, why?" "Did you know she waa getting divorce from her husband?" Bowen queried. "I knew she went to Reno soon after Cliff began losing his money. I didn't think she was there for her health." "That'a a feline remark," chuckled Bowen. "Not when you know Sliver," pro tested Marian; "she's been living up to her name ever alnce I've known her." "From what I've read of the young lady, ahe should have been called yellow-back or some such," contributed Sanderson. "This Reno dispatch says she waa given hei divorce decree this afternoon." "You know Silver Hondon, don't you?" aBked Bowen, there for us, waiting tor the verdict. I want you there too. Let Jonea han dle the rerdlot. You watch Jenny Case. It may be that sho has bluffed In order to discredit Brown, and It may be that ahe hasn't. You can toll by watching the expression on ber face. Don't pay any attention to the Judge or Jury, watch the principals. "We've had paving scandals, but poor pavement Isn't as much a mor tal hazard as poor buildings . , . school buildings particularly. And somehow, Ian, I've a hunch we are going to hear more of this before the summer passes." Marian nodded and arose. She wasn't going to hear more of It, she was sure. Lon hadn't said anything yet, but she knew; knew aecretly and sure ly, that before the summer was ovor she would be Mra. Lionel Casnd with no further Interest In politics or newspapera. "By the way, Marian," asked Bow en, "have you talked this case over with your father?" "No, I haven't been up to the ranch alnce the trial started." "IAN, why do all good office holders retire to ranches?" "In order to stay good," flashed Marian. "You may he right, and say, who Is the good looking fellow who parks In our loading tone and alibis that he's there, waiting for you?" "Lionel Casad, a friend of mine." "Isn't he working, or doesn't he have to?" "He Isn't working at present. He wanta to go into business for him self, and came out from the middle west to look this country over. He's a school friend of Dr. Al Steele, my room mate Anne Stanton's fiance." "Anne still on duly at Cenlral Emergency Hospital!" "Yoa. on the dog watch now, mid night till morning." She stepped back from the desk as Sanderson city editor, came In with an Asso ciated Press dispatch In h's band. "Walt, Ian," said Bowen. "you know Silver Hondon. don't you!" Marian looked up, a flood of appre hension flooding the former peace "Oh," said Marian, shocked li eplte of having cxpoctcd it A ND thon, romemberlns Slrls whe hod been In the newspaper garni aa long as four years must appeal to be sophisticated, she laughed "Tbe boya 'do be' economizing those days. Getting rid ot Silvor Is an econ omy no matter what sized settle mont Cliff has made." She turned to walk qulotly from the room, then outside darted to the dressing room to run a comb through her mass of red gold hair, to pat a powder puff over the Impu dent nose which dclicd her attempts at dignity, and to make a few futile attompts to covor the parade of freckles which marched across the bridge ot that noso and sprnyod fan llko across her high cheek hones. She pulled a tailored felt hat over hor hnlr at a Jaunty angle, dashed out ot the room and down to the street entrance, Ignoring the eleva tor. There she asaumcd the non chalance of hor chosen profosslon and sauntered onto the strcou And then her recently assumed nonchalnnco dropped from her shoulders like a storm blown cape. The space before Tony Gazettes (lower stand which had harbored Lou Casad's car was empty and -Tony'ii now audlonce was a bespec tacled gentleman buying a pot ot heather. Lon was nowhere to be seen. Marian stood staring at the spot on which the car had been parked. Never had an oblong ot asphalt looked as barren. Of course no man could bo expected to wait for two hours and yet. ho could hare come up to the editorial rooms and left word ha must go on. She walled for the traffic light to turn from red to groon. and when the green was about to turn to am ber. sho darted across. Tony was still Involved In the sale of the henthor, but he acknowledged her presence with a dazzling smile and Interspersed his salesmanship with asldos to her. tCetfit'. I". .-.4.) ten's daftctlon Is tvplalntd. Monday. TO EXEMPT HOME PORTLAND. Oct. 1. (Spl.) "A 'salea tax to remove the salea tax on shelter" wax how J. C. Barnes, Jack son county orchard. it, ytviterday de fter i bed a new tax plan proponed by the JacVtaon County Chamber of Commerce, which that group plana to submit to the utate legislature at Its next mm ton. Mr. Barnes, author of the plan, la In Portland tor a abort visit. The bill would exempt owners from paying utate. county and school taxes on homes up to 11500 of aA&e&sed valuation, which taxes, Mr. Barnes (declared, now result In home owners paying a "30 per cent sales tax on shelter, a necessity." A 3 per cent sales tax on other commodities would raise the revenue lost to the state by i exempting the home owners. "The assessed value of property In Oregon la $1,000,000,000," said Mr. Barnes In explaining the Jackson county plan. "We divide that Into two factors 1150.000.000 on one side of the line and 9850.000.000 on the other side. The $150,000,000 repre sents 'shelter value' and should have special consideration. It represents the first $1500 of assessed valuation on homes. Ability to Pay at fwu "We contend that 'shelter value" Indicates no ability to pay taxes and that It la an economic error to tax shelter. The little home of 'shelter value' Is the only property a working man can own. If we exempt 'shelter value' from taxation, we believe we will change the whole psychology re garding home ownership, making the home a refuge and retreat, an old-age pension and unemployment Insur ance, safe from all Intrusion, Includ ing that of the tax collector. "We contend that when a working man and his wife buys shelter It should be considered a necessity. The average annual wage of a working man la $1300, of which one-fourth mere la now in cuecb a ;u per cent sales tax on this purchase, $60 going to state, county and school taxes. Why don't the opponents of the sale tax object to a sates tax on shelter? It affects the stability of the state government when working people can't own property. If this obstacle were removed, we are certain we could have greater home ownership, BftvmllLs would start up and prosper ity could be brought to Oregon." General Reduction "Unfair Mr. Barnes said the Jackson county chamber proposes to take the "20 per cent sales tax" of the working man's shelter and put a 3 per cent salea tax on other commodities. The small home owner, he aald, would be re lieved of a $60 sales tax on shelter by paying an $18 sales tax on other necessities annually. "We believe that a sales tax for general tax reduction la not a fair and Just tax, but we do believe that a sales tax for shelter exemption Is fair and Just," Mr. Barnes declared. The owner of shelter value In a home will get six times the benefit under such a salea tax that he would under one for general tax reduction, he said. The revenue raised by the sales tax under the Jackson county plan would be pro-rated back to the counties ac cording to the "shelter value" In the several counties. GROWERS WILL GET LIS1 OP QUEST SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS Questionnaires for all tomato and melon growers In Oregon and Wash ington have been sent to the county agents of the various counties by the , Oregon-Washington melon and to mato marketing agreement. j These questionnaires which each ; grower Is asked to fill In and for ward to the central office at 516 Ore gon building, Portland, Oregon, will give the agreement Information on the number of growers, acreage ana ' tonnage of crops In the two states, t The Information gained from these 1 questionnaires will be used In deter mining the agreement's policy for next year, and In getting aa accurate count of growers. "All growers are asked to fill in and return these cards aa socn as pos sible," said Morton Tompkins, chair man of the agreement's control board. "We went an accurate list of growers to whom we can go for opinions on ' various phases of our proposed pro gram for 1935. As soon as this in formation Is compiled, we are having a general meeting to shape plans for next year. Growers are urged to ex press their opinions and give any sug gestions that might help to make the agreement more effective. "Our cause haa been greatly strengthened by an opinion from Ore gon's Attorney-General Van Winkle in which he states that a violation of the melon and tomato agreement Is a violation cf the state agricultural adjustment act, and dealers making violations are subject to revokatlon of license." COopyrifflit, 193 by Tbe Bell Byndicate, Inc 10-2 fred terle t0uld ner understand why if always Took his wife 50 lohg to do the markeyiN6, until he did it tor her one dav and saw how tme ladies parked in front of the market UiUiAr75 10 EASE OREGON TRIP E R. Banto, local co tor and euttfr of gem, has returned from field trip Into central and nwif-rn Oregon, in search of gem stones !ifl icimena In add to in already size a ile collection. 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