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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1934
fM
arian Gordon
bv JEAXXK ttOWMAX
SYNOPSIS. Morwn au.u...
porter tor the Morning Uisii.ii,
hot protected calloue Silver
llonaon against the world and
against Stiver herself. Silver lust
hoe divorced her husband, and he
has shot himself Uarlon send
uord from Reno that Silver Is rec
onctlcd to her former mate. Rut
now Silver has set her cap for Lon
Casod, Marian's friend and. to ee
cape. Morion and t.on are starting
to drive alone in th t sarin morn
ing from Reno back to Oakland.
Chapter 16
LIFE HI8TORY
ION was waiting for Marian Id the
' lobby, and after helping the boy
How the boxes In the rear be tucked
ber under a huge woolly robe as If
be v.ere something fragile. He even
cautioned Hero not to 'rowd tier
As the shining nose of the car
beaded along Virginia street and on
tbe transcontinental highway tbey
laughed together. There was a sene
fit adventure In thus running away
from the gently determined Silver.
And then, rolling over the white
pav ment and through mountains
where blazing snrs seemed to have
slipped from the sky to become en
tangled tn the high ridge o' pines,
Lon began tn talk; talked seriously,
personally.
"Ian, 1 said I iiad a lot to talk
about," he began. "You'll probabiy
laugh whe t 1 tel you that 1 am the
subject. But, you see. you don t real
ly know anything about me. and I
want you to know everything.
"You know I come from Al's town,
Cleveland. And you know that be
fore 1 went to Cleveland I came Iron
farther south and that I have a few
relative down Missouri way. That's
about all. You know I came out herj
to go Into business tor myself, b.t
you don't know wbore raj money
for that business came from nor any
thing of the real me, so here goes.
"I was born and grew up In i I.
Louis. My people were poor, and
mean poor; yon have no Idea of
what poverty can mean. My father
was Irish a r py-go-luc:.y tellow
wbo worked wmn he coulon t find
anything else to do. My motber was
a Canadian, and, Ilk mojt Canadi
ans, worked all o' the '.line.
"Dad bad the wandorlust. The rea
son the family settled In St Louis
was because mother refined to go
any farther. Thore were three of ns
then, a sister and brother older than
myself.
"When I was lour, the other two
contracted som, kind of fever and
lied. A few years later Dad wan
Sored eft and forgot to come jack.
"By that time .nether bad paid a
mall amount on the old house In
which we were .ivlng. It war large,
t regular barn o! a place and as In-
:onvenient as a church would be tor
keeping bouse. However, she did
the only thing shA could do to make
i living, started taking n boarders
ind roomers.
"My earliest memories were of
mother, trotting (she never walked.
always mov.jd on a little half-trot)
across that big kltcbon door, from
stove to sink, sink to table, table to
pantry. She walk id miles every day.
The dining roou and living room
were as bad, but tht bedrooms were
tike cells.
SHE used to fall Into bed, dog tired
every night I'll never forget that
Huffy little room one window open
ing out on to a brick wall, hotter
than Hades the summer and damp
is a swamii lu the winter.
"She used to talk to mo a lot be
cause. 1 gueas, there wasu't nyone
else to talk to: complained about
the way men built nouses In which
women bad to wovk
"I used to promise her thai when
I grew up I'd bulid the right kind of
places for mothers, and she'd laugh
a bit, but she o let me build toy
houses and that sort of stuff.
"W lien 1 was ton 1 bogan helping a
carpen'er who Mved near us, and by
the time 1 left grammar school I had
a regular lob.
"I spent my spare time doing tue
old house over. I cut down the kitch
en and enlarged the bedrooms. 1
painted the dark woodwork In buff
and papered the wails in green
"And then, Jiijil as we had the
place looking 3nt, mother's be.ltti
broke. She went to the hospital for
an operation. That took -II the sav
ings Wi 'd managed to scrape togeth
er. 1 was only 'u t.eo ana didn't
earn enough tu kee,i up the pay
ments, tmall as they were, and we
got behind.
"She rame home, but wasn't
strong enough to work a she had
before and about that time some In
Justry wanted the land our house
was on. The city condemned the
property, the owners were pali. the:
price allowed, and we were told to
get out.
"It was too much tor -er. She
lived lust one week after we moved
Into some furnished rooms."
He paused a few momei. ji. an.
Marian itared rtralgt ahead, not j
wanting to see the furtlv move- !
ment of his hand, aa It went up pre-
uma'ily to pull 1 Is soft bat - dif
ferent angle.
"And bere comes the laugh," be
resumed. "The only Job 1 could find
was working on tbe uuiiulng that
was erected on '.hat site.
"The old carpenter I'd worked
with consented to act as my guard
ian, and that kept me from going
Into some Institution.
"Because 1 was such a kid and
pretty bitter at that time i talked a
lot, and the men cn the job egged
me on. I used to spend my lunc'i
hour orating about what I was going
to do when I gre-v up. I was -log to
build homes and Ax It so they
couldn't be taken away from honest
folk, without money enough to light
tor their rights.
"One day In tin midst oil m, ha
rangue I not' :ec the men around me
motioning mc tc shut up. 1 looked
up. The contractor In charge of the
Job was listening. He ino.ioned for
me to Jolt him and tell him why I
was so bitter. I told blm, pleLty.
"That night ho took me to dinner
with him. I was too scared to be as
tough as I'd been irlth the men, so I
told blm about mother and tbe
things I've told yir. Somehow It In
terested blm. I saw a lot of blm dur
ing that summer, and In the fall he
went to the authorities, bad himself
made my guard. an and took me to
Cleveland with him and put me In
school. j
"OB was a bachelor, had plenty of
1 1 time to give to me and gave It
and gave me money as well. He saw
that 1 had a ch.-.ncc to see all sides
of life. Think he wanted to test my
ambition.
"Each summer I worked on the
job with him, sometimes building
factories, sometimes working on ,
my booby.
"And out of tbls experience I
evolved an Idea. 1 decided I wanted
middle class people, the white col
lar crowd, to have a chance at home
owning. 1 wanted these men and
women who'd never be able to col
lect enough money for a down pay
ment on the kind of a home they'd
like to have, to be able to pay tbelr
rent Into tbelr own bank accounta.
"My guardian agreed It was worth
trying. I figured I'd buy a tract ot
land, cut It up Into lots large enough
for a good vegetable garden and
chicken yard In the rear and
flower garden In the front.
"Of course there have always been
cheap places but they looked It and
tbe kind ot people I was thinking
about would rather do without, than
live In them. 1 wanted attractive
houses with the grace of good archi
tecture and the assurance of sub
stantial building. No shacks nor
shanties.
"Before we could try out this Idea,
my guardian died. That was last
year. He left me a lump sum of cash,
tor tny personal use, the rest be left
In a Building and Loan Society
which be had headed, to be used In
my experiment. 'Experiment In hu
man nature,' he callod It.
"Ho had suggested 1 try the west
where good property at a reason
able figure could be found within a
short driving distance ot Industrial
and commercial centers.
"I bought this car. my only luxury.
Came out to visit Steele and met
you.
"I was pretty sure of myself all
alonj the way. I thought when I
found the right girl she wouldn't
mind kM)plng house for me without
sorvanta, doing without a lot of
things. And then I mv Silver Hon
don." He panned
"And then 1 mot Silver," he re
pealed, "and I realized wbat a lux
ury a wife might br And 1 Rendered
If I had the right to ask any girl to
give up the beauty that Is bought
with money."
"Thoro are other kinds of wom
en?" Marian ventured.
"You're one. and that's why I'm
gottlng up nerve enough to ask you
it you'd he willing to be poor with
mo?"
(Cefyt: I9"- ey IhmmJ
Tomorrow, marrlaot stems to be
In tha air.
SLAYER OF CHILD
II
MOUNT VTRNON, N. T., Oct. 17.
(AP) Lawrence 8ton admits know
Ins that 8-year-old Nancy Jean Cos
tlgan was alive when he threw her
into an apartment house ftirnara,
District Attorney Prank Coyne says,
but he denies realizing that the huge
oil burner was in uae.
Announcing that Stone had con
fessed yeaterday. Chief Inspector Mi
chael Is. SUverateln of the Mount
Vernon police described the prison
er's assertion that the fire waa out
aa one of several discrepancies in the
statement. The 24-y8r-old laborer
was quoted aa saying the girl fell
heavily while playing ball with him
and that he, panic stricken, dumped
her In the furnace after ahe "turned
blue."
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FOR REPLACEMENTS
Replacements for the Sixth corps.
CCO, were announced at the Med
ford headquartera detachment today,
with 298 men expected to arrive in
Oregon from the east on October
20th.
Of the total detachment, 116 men
will be assigned to Camp China
ttate, 101 will report to Camp Mc
Klnley, and the remaining 81 will
go to Camp Cape Sebastian. The men
will be entrained at Fort Sheridan.
111.
The One Issue
In Oregon
ASTORIA TAX LEVY
VISITORS AGAIN
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
We have heard Mr. Zimmerman and
believe him to be sincere and a valu
able type of man and citizen. We
have not heard Mr. Dunne but under
stand he makes many promises ar.et
claims credit for much which he mag
nifies as . political capital without
"deafening applause." But singular
ly absent from the campaigns of both
la the one Issue that overshadows
others as a- total eclipse, namely: The
success of the national administra
tion. Falluie of Roosevelt will make
local problems appear as broken and
abandoned toys.
General Martin makes no promises.
In this he la free from one of the
moat tiresome, threadbare and dis
gusting practices of mere aspirant for
office. Like the old warhorse he la,
Oeneral Martin poseesea self-respect
that will not allow him to make him
self an asa in order to make himself
governor.
The "low-down" of newspapermen
in Washington, 0. C. talking among
themselves not for publication !n
praise of General Martin, waa the
highest tribute a public official can
win anywhere, bar nothing.
Martin is not merely FOR Roose
velt. He la, from association and
training a part of the Roosevelt ad
ministration and program.
If you are for Roosevelt, you are for
Martin. King wood Review.
Double Golden VeMlng
WEST PLAINS, Mo. (UP) Mr. and
Mrs. William W. Toler and Mr. and
Mrs. Jefferson T. Kemp were mar
ried at a. double ceremony 60 years
ago when all four were atudenta at
Kennard college. They held a double
golden wedding anniversary celebra
tion recently.
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ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 17. (AP)
The tax levy for the Astoria ctv
budget for 1935 will be less than half
that levied for the current year.
The reduction was assured at a
taxpayers' budget meeting last nigii
when on recommendation of the cltj
manager and city commission the
levy for city purposes and debt re
tirement was fixed at 160.000 as
compared with 326,837 or the prev
loua year.
The slash waa made on the bas'.r
of the planned agreement with holri
era of defaulted city bonds. Und
the agreement bond interest rstf
were lowered and It waa agreed n
demand for bond retirement la tr
be made for 20 years.
The city in turn pledges to lev
a dollar for debt retirement purpose
for every dollar levied for genera i
operation purposes.
Rifle Bullet lnBraln 17 Years f
FORSYTH. Mo. (UP) Garland
Coombs,'' 19. has been carrying a .22
caliber rifle bullet In hla brain slnr
he was two years old. The boy v:.
shot In the forehead by accident l
years ago and doctors feared to r;
move the pellet. He suffers no pal.
Bike Riders Sfart Road Drive
AUSTIN. Tex. (UP) Bicycle ridf
of the '90s started the good ron
rhovement In America, says Frar
M. Stewart, professor of political sc
ence, at the University of Callforn
at Los Angeles. Dr. Stewart has Ji:'
completed & study of the highw?
administration of Texas, through n
grant from Its bureau of research.
M01UER BRIK6S UtSlfoRS IM.
KHoWS TrlEV WANT HIM To Dfc"
P1AY HI6 NEW ACCOMPlrSH
KlEKf OF SAVINS DAOW
ASStfMK VfcCANf" EXPRESSION"
AS MOTHER BE6IN5 WITH trfg
USUAL "5ftV WDDV FOR Trie
LADIES'
HURL5 HIMSELF BKKWARDS
lvWiN6 CWU8BY l& W AIR.
LOOKS AROUND To SEE IF
THAT SlDE-TRftcKEU THEM
NO, MOTHER'S PROMPT1W6
HIM A6AIN . POT'S F1N6ER.
I1 MOlHM
MOTHER REMOVES F1N6ERS
WrtH A "NOW 5Bt DADDY.'
PRETEKDS To BE EKRAPfiJRED
With soHcfHmi& across foom
tries to Divert them by
vyaik1n6 on all tours
io-n
EHDIN6 UP Wtfrl A SOMER
SAULT". MOTHER DECIDES IT'S
NO 05E AND LMS WSiToRS
OUT
LIES P1AYIK& HAPPUY WITH
F1N6ERS MD SAYING "PAPPY"
OVER AWD OVER To HIMSELF
(Copyright, 1934. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
PHEASANTS 'GROUNDED'
BY PENDLETON BREEZE
PENDLETON, Ore.. Oct. 17.) API
Hunters reported sighting plenty cf
China, pheasants following the first
day's shooting of the season yester
day, but said It waa a bad dsy for the
hunters.
The wind blowing from the west
kept the birds on the ground unless
dogs were used.
DOG PINNED IN CAVE
IS BELIEVED DOOMED
GREENVILLE. Ind.. Oct
There Isn't much hope
American Airlines is the only ,lr
transportation system serving direct
ly all cities In the United States with
more thsn one million population.
17 (API
for MIM.
black and brown pstrhed fox hound.
imprisoned, as Floyd Collin was nine
years ago. in a limestone cavern.
fWorea of farmers came to help ,
when word gH around that Ml tut.
after disappearing IsM Wednesday, 1
had been discovered mournfully
barking from the depths of a cave 1
behind a hillside spring.
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