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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOUI). OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1934.
JudithH
Lane"
Marian Gordon
by JEAWK tf H'.W.-l.V
til'HUI'tHtl: ilcStcaxn. the con
tractor, hold an apparently raised
ohtck over Lon Caead'e head, to
force Lon to vat Interior material
used in the hitfh eehool building on
which Lon ie acilna as UcSwaln'e
foreman. Marian Catad telle her
friend, the dietrlot attorney, the
etory at UcSwain'e crookedneee,
and earn, that the only man who
can fur-iieh the evidence neeeeeary
i &tar. Hamlin. But tohere ie Has
JJam'.int
Chapter 40
M 18 UNDERSTOOD AGAIN
MARIAN remembered at the;
neared boms that Hamlin bad
mentioned having a lodge at a place
which the associated with summer
resorts, and then she remembered
he bad given Lon his address on a
card. She would ask Lon (or the ad
dress: but what excuse would she
have (or that? Lon would naturally
want to know wh; sbe was Interest
jed In Hamlin. Sbe knew sbe wouldn't
;hare enjoyed having Lon ask her (or
Silver's address, l( they hadn't
chanced to meet again.
Under the circumstances she'd
have to risk hli displeasure.
Sbe did, and (ound sbe hadn't min
imized It.
Lon came In (rom work, his brow
creased with a worried frown. He
looked at the shrubs with apathetic
Interest, barely touched bla dinner,
then went out to stand on tbe hill
f"i !nnk down nn th subdivision he
there s a p.le o( old newspapers In
the garage. The summer ones will
have lists of resorts. I'm sure If I
once read the name I'll remember."
She waited until Lon bad left tbe
following morning, then burrowed
Into tbe yellowed sbeets, chose a
Sunday newspaper and opened It to
tbe page carrying display advertise
ments of resorts. Almost Instantly
her eyes caught one section topped
by the words "Russian River Re
sorts." Tbat was It. Russian River
. . . but the river was miles long
and was lined on both sides of Its
banks with resorts.
"John King said to call on him. I
know he'll be able to locate Hamlin
with this lead."
Marian dispatched a note to King,
when Wakl left that evening, and
then began tbe nerve-racking wait
for an answer.
Lon grew more restless. Marian
would awaken In tbe middle of the
night to find him gone. She would
listen, stiff with apprehension, then
hear matches striking, hear the roai
of tbe fire in tbe fireplace, or sb
would hear dry leaves crunching at
be paced up and down outside,
IF ONLY be could tell her what wai
' worrying blm. But he couldn't
One night when a bitterly cold wln4
was presaging the coming of a colt
BL ,
"Quit McSwaln?" Lon asked with a bitter laugh.
had started so bravely months before.
Marian finished her housework
aDd Joined blm.
"Looka like a cemetery," he said
moodily, "those stakes are like so
many headstones."
"I'm sorry, Lon," sbe touched bis
aleeva wttb her hand. "I do under
atand how you feel."
He patted her band and continued
alarlng down hill, where the cool
autumn wind was whirling dead
leaves Into yellow piles.
Marian watched him and her de
termination to do something to
change thla queer route their life
had taken awakened anew. "Lon,"
she said, "do you remember Max
Hamlln'a giving you hla address,
that last evening we were with
him?"
Lon gave her a quick, suspicious
look. "I do, why?"
"I was trying to think of tbe place
today. A summer resort, wasn't It?"
"Not tbat I know of."
"You still have the card, haven't
you ?"
"No, 1 threw It away."
"Lon," she couldn't help the hurt
cry, "why did you do that?"
"Because," he said evenly, "I
thought the time would come when
you'd want to know where he lived.
He turned and started walking to
the house, leaving Marian looking
after him.
f ARIAN watched Lon, a queer
i'-l baffled feeling dulling the hurt
she might have felt. Mechanically
sbe walked to tbe other side of the
hilltop, sal down on the dry grass
and looked out over the valloy.
A dreary place on this aulumn
evening, overcast sky above, yellow
tng tree smudged with twilight be
low. Diablo had retired beneath a
blanket of clouds, only the pinnacle
with Its shining eye above, "like an
old woman pulling the quilts around
ber chin." thought Marian.
How to locate Hamlin. Her
thoughts wandered (or a few mo
ments, resting on the events of the
day, the previous week, back on the
problem before her.
"I'm a fine newspaper woman,"
the thought suddenly, "I know
spell she heard him pacing up and
down outside. She arose, built a fire
on tbe hearth, heated milk (or a
warm drink, then called him In.
He responded to her request that
he sit down before tbe fire and drink
the bot milk, allowed ber to sit be
side him. But he said nothing, just
stared Into tbe fire.
"Lon," the began, at longtb, "If
you don't tell me what Is worrying
you, I'm . . . I'm going to do some
thing desperate."
"What do you do when you're des
perate?" be asked ber, and watched
latently as she answered.
"Things," she replied. "Lon, why
don't you quit McSwaln? Conditions
are so much better and you can find
work elsewhere, and even If you
can't we've a nice bit of money be
hind us now. I'll be so economical
you won't know me. Lon. won't
you?"
Quit McSwaln?" be repeated, and
then he gave a short, bitter laugh.
A little later be asked her to go
back to bed, promised be would keep
the hearth fire burning, even went
out and brought In a few logs to con
vince ber. Sbe went to bed but the
couldn't sleep. She lay listening to
the whimper of tbe wind under the
tiling of the roof, the occasional
rush of ralr on tbe window pane, and
tbe rare sound of someone movlnr.
In the next room.
At dawn she went In to find Lon on
the divan asleep, the fire burned to
grey ashes. Sbe covered him with
an Indian blanket, then built up ths
Ore and sat down to enjoy ths
warmth, and as she sat there she
studied ber husband's face as If hi
were a stranger.
Tbe man lying there waa a stran
ger, compared with the one the had
married. Tbe pleasant lines of an a
sured future hsd been erased to glvt
place to ones of care. Tbe soft boy
ish line o( the chin was gone and
the (ace, lean now since his brlel
Illness, showed a surprisingly Strom
chin.
Loo was certainly being disc
pllned. Would be learn whatever lea
son there waa to be learned?
tCefyttei. 19)4, r Boime)
Len makes a curious request, to.
morrow.
OF
Appointment of Committee
Seen as Move to Absorb
Emergency Units as Re
covery Progress Permits
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (AP
A committee to coordinate all the
lending activities of the government
was appointed today by President
Roosevelt.
The move was Interpreted as a
start on consolidation of federal
agencies with a view to absorbing
emergency units as the recovery
campaign permits.
Secretary Morgenthau heads the
committee.
Mr. Roosevelt said at his regular
press conference that the future pro
gram for the emergency recovery
units probably would not be defi
nitely decided until about the first
of the year.
HOLC Dec Won Walts
He said It would probably be de
termined also whether any more
funds would be asked for the home
owners loan corporation.
Tuesday It waa announced new
applications would not be received,
as more money already had been re
quested than It had.
It was understood this work would
be turned over as soon as possible to
private institutions.
It apparently was the Intention of
the administration to close its books
on the home owners loan corporation
with action upon existing applica
tions for the (3,000,000,000 fund.
Personnel Named
Other members of the lnter-depart-mental
committee named by the
president are Secretary Ickes, public
works administrator; Governor My
ers of the farm credit admlnlstra
tlon; Chairman Pahey of the federal
home loan bank board; Chester C.
Davis, farm administrator; George N.
Peek, president of the export-lm
port bank; Lynn P. Talley, president
of the commodity credit corporation;
Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the fed
eral deposit Insurance corporation;
Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the re
construction finance corporation;
Marrlner 8. Eccles, governor of the
federal reserve board; and James A
Moffett, housing administrator.
The president said In response to
Inquiry that he knew of no special
new move to Increase public control
over public utilities.
He added the subject of public
utilities was under study by a special
committee appointed some time ago.
THIRD PARTY PENDS
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 15. (AP)
Governor Floyd B. Olson, recently re
elected, predicted today there would
be an agrarian political revolt with a
possible national third party, unless
"equality Is obtained for agriculture."
A supporter of President Roosevelt.
Governor Olson said the possibility
of a, third party depends on what
Mr. Roosevelt does he has control of
everything now and the people ex
pect him -to deliver."
EH
HCTION ON THE MORNING RIDE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
ELKS LODGE TONIGHT
At tonight's meeting of the Med
fOTd B. P. O. E., Joseph Forrest, bet
ter known In theatrical circles as
"Doctor Joseph us Forrestus, arch
enemy of all Ills." will present his
popular laugh producing characteri
zation of the old-time medicine man.
"Doctor" Forrestus has appeared on
many vaudeville circuits and before
many fraternal organizations and is
a veteran Joke-smith and character
impersonater.
On tonight's porgram with "the
Doctor," Miss Kevah Channell, also
a big time entertain?-, will offer
several vocal numbers. Miss Chan
nell recently closed a vaudeville tour
at the Paramount Theater In Seattle,
where she was held over a second
week by popular demand.
Both Miss Channell and Mr. For
rest, along with other members ol
their troupe, are spending several
daya In Medford prior to going to
Los Angeles to reopen a vaudeville
engagement which will take them
across the continent to New York
City.
Tonight's affair will be "stag" and
Is scheduled to begin at B p. m..
with the entertainment features
starting Immediately after the regu
lar meeting. Exalted Ruler H. N.
(Doc) Butler will preside.
4-
Hunt Dng With Gold Teeth.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (UP)
Police were asked to search for Dr.
E. G. Lulls' lost dog. told the animal
could be identified by its gold teeth.
Dr. Llllls Is a dentist.
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DURIK6 M0W)r(6 RIDE
lfiOSE MD 5MS aiM8)K6
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wih EQUfiv Firmness 1Et$
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etiu. kick
fHUS EVEHfDAllV USECAT1N6
HIS FEET
HSTEN5 AMIABLY" TO SCOLDING
WHILE MOTHER fUCKS HIM IrV
A6AIH
AMD A5 SOON AS SHE HAS FIN
ISHED, SLIDES HIM5ELF OFT
SEAT INTO BOTTOM OF COCPiKT
..MOTHER. DECIDES rf'S HIGH
TiME 0 HEAD FOR HOME
(Copyright. 1934. by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
fl-15
S MATTER POP-
By C. M. Payne
GET HIGHWAY JOBS
SALEM. Nov. IS. i AP) A contract
Involving .43 mile of grading and sur
facing on the Church section of the
Cape Blanco wcondary highway in
Curry count? today m-as swarded by
the state highway commission to F
C. DIUard or MM ford on a bid of
19.471.
I'ntt A of the Klamath rock pro
duction project, en The Dalle. Cali
fornia and GreenprlnRfl hlRhwavs.
was awardfd to th Newport Con
atructlon Co. and Kern & Kibbe on a
bid of 2.00f. Contracts for unit B
and C. involving the Modoc Point
and Keno sections, were awarded to
R. I. Stuart fit Sons, Medford, on a
bid of HO.ooo.
Bids for these project were openeri
at the last meeting of the sute high
way commission.
KANGAROO RATS
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. IS (API
The itate relief committee today ap
proved projects for eradication of
rabbits and kangaroo rats of Lake
county, coyotes of Grant county and
gophers of Malheur county.
The ksnnaroo rat, about half tne
sl?e of the ordinary rat. works at
night, lie travels In long Jumps by
his powerfM.' hind Ifrk, using his
tail for a rudder to guide his cource
Crop and ranee crass over an area
of 40 township in the northern part
of Lake county, psrtU'ularly around
Fort Hock and Sliver Lake, art being '
overrun by t!if varmint .
Ths Olvmpic (,im were first held i
. at U. Greece, in 1423 B- C. '
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