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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.
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