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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOUI). OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1934. Marian Gordon bv JEAXXK ttOW.UAX Iti: If a Hon Catad ha in i f pomfBSion evidence that will send ilcSuain. the contractor, to jail. UrStiain tail to pereuade her to give up the evidence, but foet at the problem a different tcau U hiring ton, Slarlan'e hueband, ae foreman on the job he plane io iramp, Lon'e oxen butineat ie on the rock: he takee the fob. The day he got to tcork, ilarian r ceivea a uire that her mother ie erriautly ill and leave at once for home. Chapter 2S THE RUSE fARIAN topped for g at th L little station where they alwaya cashed their checki. Murphy, the attendant, finding she was heading on a fast drive to a point beyond Sacramento, Insisted upon going over the car, and the delay seemed endless. And then she was speeding out through the valley, over the hump to the Sacramento River, across the high Antlocb bridge, along the dyke road. An hour and a halt winged along and she was In Sacramento, a atop for gas and to give Hero a drink, then on again. Another hour. She looked up to the hill on which her home was situ ated. The place seemed ominously quiet, no cars, no figures moving. The gate was closed. It took four trembling minutes to open It. then town to sea a picture; now what brings you here?" "I received a wire telling me that you were dangerously 111." 'Must have made a mistake In the person." "No mother, there's only one Val ley View, at least there's only one family of Gordona there, and the wire was signed with Dad's name." "Hm," mused Mrs. Gordon, "that'a queer. You don't suppose anythlng's happened to father?" Marian, relieved at finding her mother sate, answered "no," then a moment later, "I know what it Is. Someone wanted to get me out of the house, a long way away from the house while they went through It." "What do you mean, Ian?" "I let a man know that I bad a letter In my possession which would send him to the penitentiary It I turned It over to the law. He thinks it's at tne house. Well, It isn't.'" "And of course you wouldn't use a letter like that against a man?" questioned her mother anxiously. "Not while he was living right," Marian answered. "I tried to give It back a long time ago, but couldn't And the person to whom It belonged. It was put Into my pocket by mls-tske." Marian found the gate closed. make the last lap with her motor quieted. She drove Into the kitchen run way and turned off the motor. It was terribly quiet The trucks were In their sheds. The family car was gone, even Jack's dilapidated tour ing car. Had they taken her mother to the hospital? She dashed Into the house. "Hoo hoo," she called softly. No answer. There was no note left to tell her of where she might And them. Fear clutched her heart like a physical pain. She ran through the rooms. Evertblng was In perfect order. Sbe rsn back down to the yard. She would drive to the near est neighbor. She Jumped Into the car, reached for the motor key, then heard her name called . . . her mother's voice. She looked around. "You weren't going to leave without ssylng good bye, were you?" Inquired the pleas ant voice of Mrs. Gordon. And then Marian saw her; she Iwas walking down bill from the ,barn, a checkered apron doubled back. She'd been gathering eggs. "Land sakes, child, you look aa if you were seeing a ghost." (OTHER," sobbed Marian, and ran to her arms. "Now, now, dearie, you'll break the eggs, It can't be as bad as that. Had a little tiff with Lonnle? Those things do happen." Arm about the astounded girl, she was leading her to the house. "Mother, you're not sick?" Marian Insisted. "Never felt Utter In all roy born days." came the reassuring reply and she looked It. Her sandy hair, threaded with grey, was glowing with life. Her sunbrowned cheeks were touched with rose. "Now let me put these eggs In the bin, then you tell mother all about It." Marian waited until the precious eggs were stowed safely away. "Mother, I couldn't Imagine what bad happened. There wasn't even a dog around the place." "Dad ard the boys took them along on a Sshlng trip to Strawberry Lake, drovo up In Jark's car. And the girls, took the other to go to '"TpIIEY won't botaer other things ! In the house, Ian? Hadn't you better telephone the police?" "No, they might steal a piece of Lon's birthday cake, that's all . , . no mummy, and all my bureau draw ers are In ported order, so even my reputation as a housewife Is safe." "Then you can spend a few mo menta with me, better rest up be fore going back. Had your lunch? Neither have I." Seated at the kitchen table be fore a fresh-baked loaf of bread, a pat of home-cburned butter, a bowl of Jam and a pitcher of milk, Mar ian told her mother much of what had happened curing the prevloua months. It was funny now that It was all over. To her mother's ottcn repeated "Why didn't you let ua know," she answered. "We had to go through it mother, to appreciate money when It came to us. Lon had grand Ideas of help ing the fellow with a little salary." "But we could have helped," her mother insisted. "Your father has a comfortable sum sslted away in the bank for Just such emergencies." "Lon wouldn't let me ask." she Insisted. "I'm sorry," said her mother, then with Marian's trick of tossing her chin up defiantly, "I'm not sorry. I'm glsd my daughter has that kind of a man." It was late afternoon before Mar Ian left for Lonlan Lodge. Her mother had packed the back of the car with as much farm produce as it would hold and Marian drove off feeling very housewlrely conscious of Its contents, and not a little tri umphant over winning her Drat bout with McSwaln. She would call Lon from Sacra mento, she decided, then mske her way back slowly. She reached Sacramento at six thirty. Lon should be home. But he wasn't. Ferhaps, knowing she wouldn't be home, he had stopped for dinner elsewhere. She drove on through the warm twilight of the river country, and at last sighted the river, Mt. Diablo and her twinkling beacon beyond. (Crt )'. W. AVa Tomorrow Marian again la tha victim of s daatardly trick. UP INDUSTRY LOANS WASHINGTON. Not. !. (JT, A rullns that will permit national btnVr to Inert am loan to Inthwtry wm wd toddy by the comptroller of t.lr currency. Under It, th banks mtr mux loan to Industry greater than te t a tutor y 10 per cent of capital and itrphiA mhre they h received commitment from a PVderal Rmerve bank or the Beonatrtictlon Finance corporation for tha difference French railroad are making Inten sive efforts to effect economies In operation and reduce the time te tween more Important stations by tn created um of motorized equipment. REAL ESTATE DEALERS DECLARES BILL E OF PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 1. Accord ing to one of the foremost sup porters of the healing arts amend ment, to be voted on November 0, drugleas healing differs from ordi nary healing and has curative powers unknown to physicians who have been trained to use either drug or drugleas methods, as circumstances Indicate; but In competition with the practice of r e g u I & r medicine drugleas healing will be submerged and ultimately disappear, according to this advocate, unless It Is saved from extinction by the adoption of this amendment. To save It, It Is alleged, la the prime purpose of the amendment. In the face of such a statement, said Dr. William C. Woodward of Chicago, director of a bureau of legal medicine and legislation of the American Medical association, Ore gon practitioners of medicine can not understand why the drugless healers as chiropractors and natu ropaths have chosen to designate themselves In the amendment who Initiated this amendment, worded It so as to provide a way for the un limited use of druga by drugleas healers. The amendment proposes that chiropractors and naturopaths shall have the right to advise or prescribe family or domestic reme dlea for their patients, free from legislative Interference. Obviously this would give them the right to pre scribe not only such potent and. In caae of serious Illness, dangerous :e medics as castor oil, epeom salts, and some of the cold tar prepara tions, but also all manner of patent and proprietary remedies that are placed on the market for family or domestic use. Why such remedies should be needed in the practice of physicians whose only eicuae to ex istence is. that they do not use drugs la not clear. The amendment seems to be designed, not to perpetuate drugless healers, but to convert them all Into healers who use drugs. I E BRAWUJY, Cal., Nov. 1. (Jf) Don Bell, 63, one of the pioneer Inventors of the motion picture Industry, died on his citrus ranch here this morn ing toy Inhaling monoxide gas from a hose connected with the exhaust plpa of his automobile. Bell's body was found In a shed near his residence. He la said to have been in poor health for some time and to have brooded over heavy property losses In the Long Beach earthquake. Thirty years ago Bell, In associa tion with A. F. Howell. Invented the motion picture projection machine now In wide use all over the world. Howell previously had Invented a mo tion picture camera. As a tribute to Bell, the company manufacturing the camera and other picture equipment was called Bell & Howell. I The county relief board reported 40 per cent of the population of Eag'.e Pass, Texas, living on funds supplied by state relief this summer. MEDFORD PUPILS PERPETUAL MOTION AT LTNFIELD COLLEGE, MoMInnvllle. Ore. (8pl.) The three MM ford stu-1 dents at Lin fie Id college have already won for themselves places of prom-1 lner.ee among he activities of tnej school. Oeorge Harrington, a aoprx- j more, holds two msjor offices. K was recently elected president of thl sophomore class and was already pres ident of the Triple O'a, a sophomore traditional organization for keeping the Frosh in line. In addition to this, Oeorge was last year one of the best men on the basketball team, though he was then only a freshman. He Is well liked, by all on the In fleld campus. BUI Walker, a first yeer man. was recently elected prexy of the fresh man class, giving Medford the lead ership over the two lower classes. Bill Is out for football and 1a already msde a name for ninuelf on the frosh team. Roan Green, another frosh, has made for himself a place at guard on the varsity football club, which thus far has had a quite successful schedule. He is a good man In the Mne. fighting all the time, always Inspiring the team. The college has reached a peak of 314 In net registration, a new record for Ltnfleld. The record enrollment of -the yearling class totals over 225. Llnffeld college Is a Baptist denom inational college. It Is a member of the Northwest conference in athletic. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS fii To STOP HIS -TEARS, UNCLE PICKS HIM UP AND 6iVK HIM A. RIPE A COCK HORSE FlMDS IT MUCH MORE WH THMl HE TH0U6HT ITWOULP BE RIDE CEASES. WAtT$ fcfi. IWCLE TO 60 ON. BEGINS TO WHIMPER AS A HINT WHRT WILL HAPPEH UN LESS RIPE IS RESUMEP UNCLE HASTILY 6ETS fo Work a6ain r i UNCLE STOPS AT LAST MURMURIW6 THAT HIS LE6S ARE 6ETT1W6 PRET TV TiRET?. BURSTS IN TO WAILS UNCLE, SI6HIH6, WEARI LY 6ETS INTO ACTiON A6AIN STARTS CRV1K6 AT AMY SitoJ OF SL0WIH6 TOWN UNCLE, BE6INIM6 TO PUFF, MUTTERS HE CANT KEEP -&US UP FOREUER. UNCLE SETS HIM ABRUPT LY DOWN ON FLOOR, MD 60ES OCT EX HAUSTED. DECIDES TO EA5E UP ON UNCLE TOR TODAV A raj Patau rommlttew haa hn orcanlwrl hy the Jackaon County ' Chamber of Commrro. following tut matins of r-al ratat broker hrlrt tMa Wfpk. Karl Tumy -a-aa fleeted ! chairman and It will be the purpoee of the committee to follow tip In- qulrlea lecelverl by the Chamber ot ' Commerce nrt In every way to aee that dealrable aettlera are placed on land, tn Jackson county. Although definite program for future actlvmea haa not vet been announced by Mr. Tumy. It la be lieved that thla committee can no A conatructlve aervlce not oniy for thoae who dfMre farma. but thce t who would build iimimt r homea, or . locau la IU cuv ot Urdford. j )ffii?rS 1 1-1 (Copyright, 1984, 1y Tin Bell Syndicate, Inn.) 1 E 'MATTER POP " Bv C M Payne TAILSPIN TOMMY Mysterious Shots! . By Ha Forrest I faKEETEG tS-ST 1 1 IT-IT" SOUNDS 2fgt?2lj ' f-f Fl" fo-OHTaS' yGPl THAT I U Iff YOU LAM OUTTA TH' WlNDdO "MUZ SUCCEOQ A fflWW LKE TK05e MENgg? Wk'iX THEY'RE- MfeELf ffg SOUNOeD P, M I HOLD THIS OOOR- QUICK ' EENWE """" ' f "'rj '"i ' BvRDWii'LGE I ZZ- ,' -LLA" II sitPiKimf?ism il -r n 1 '.'" '"''"':'''''''"'"-"z-,-,tti PLEASE DONT CRV, Vgggfe. 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