PAGE TWELVE
MT.DFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORU. OREGON, FRIDAT, JANTART 11. 1935
"6. In many cases of threatened
or actual destructive competition,
price fixing has not proved to be a
desirable, effective or practical solu
tion. IB.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
t I I 1 (rnb(, by Tlx Bn IjvtoM. lflt V 6UiVA5 1
SV.V0P5M. Nicholas Trenrt
and Jerry Uordaunt tutt have been
driven- from farmer Uoalland'e
yard, becaute he heard them ouee
lion lire. Uowliand about John On
borne. Oiborne had hoarded trith
the Oowilandt white Hi-ing at
Bambridae ; it uat he vho tittle
valuable formula from Holly
O'Brien, who icith Jimmy fox.
Trench, and Uordaunt make t p a
warty on the "Seagull." Oabome
hat been murdered, and the tor
mula hat dieappeared. Peter Or
ief, unnervputoue and running, is
tearchinp tor it alto. Holly it ex-
plaining Gou-lland't tury.
Chtptar H
NEW 80RTII
'yELL, Osborne wasn't th sort
'to wte a cbanc Ilka that,"
Molly continued. "Hs'd itart making
lors to her right away, and you can
taka It from ma that that'i Just
about what happened. I don't know
how her husband found out, but he
evidently did.
"I guess It knocked blm clean oft
bit balance, and tinea then ba'a
been walking around half drunk and
three parts crary. Doesn't need
ranch to send a man Ilka that over
the edge, and when Nick said be
was a friend of Osborne's . . ." she
paused.
Jerry looked at her with admira
tion. "The girl has brains," ba re
marked. "There's no doubt about it."
"It was Nick's Idea in the Drat
place," protested Molly modestly.
"I've only worked it out."
"You're worked It out Jolly con
rinclngly, anyhow. Gad, I'm sorry
for that wretched woman! She must
hare been leading a ghastly life."
"We must get hold of her again
alone, somehow or other," 1 said.
"If she's Osborne's friend ba may
bare told her quite a lot about him
self. I'm certain she knows some
thing or she wouldn't be so deadly
scared."
"Gowlland and that bnita of a dog
are enough to scare anyone," ob
jected Jerry. "All the sama I'm en
tirely of your opinion. Another inter
Tlew with the lady is distinctly In
dicated, and with the permission of
the syndicate I'd like to handle the
Job myself."
"Well, you can't make a bigger
mess of it than I did," T observed a
trifle bitterly.
"It wasn't your fault, Nick." Mol
ly put out her hand and squeezed
mine comfortingly.
"I'M not blaming the lad,'
said
Jerry. "Still the fact remains
that as far as Mrs. O.'s concerned
he seems to hare torn It pretty bad
ly. If we want to get anything oul
of her we'll hare to approach her
from a different angle."
"What angle?"
"Bluff," returned Jerry. "It's my
strong suit as a diplomatist. 1 shall
tell her that we're found out nil
about her relations with Osborne,
and that unless sho's perfectly frank
and answers our questions, we re
going to band on the Information to
the police. Seems a bit brutal, but
that can't be helped."
We sat silent for a moment con
sldering bis suggestion.
"It sounds foaslble," I admitted;
"the chief objection Is that after
what happened yesterday, I'm not
over keen on your going up tbere
by yourself. If bis dog's too sick for
work that lunatic's quite capable of
taking a pot shot at you through the
hedge."
Jerry grinned. "I Intend to be ex
tremely wary. No one's mora pas
sionately fond of a whole skin than
I am, and there's not going to be
any Charge of the Light Brigade
about this business. I mean to hang
around until I've aeon Gowlland
safely off the premises. As for Fldo.
or whatever the brute's name Is
ha slipped bis hand Into his pocket
end pulled out a dainty-looking six
chamber revolver.
"Where did you get thatf I de
manded.
Borrowed It from Dawson, was
the answer. "He sleeps with It un
der his pillow In case there's a com
munist rising."
"When do you propose to take tho
Held?" 1 Inquired.
"As soon as the rain stops. It's
been hopoless up to now. No one
would go out working on a day like
Ibis."
"1 bolleva it 1 clearing np a lit
tie." remarked Molly.
"By Jove, you're right!" Jerry
heaved himself from the bunk and
pushing open the skylight, pocrert
out through the crack.
"Wind's shifted r bit west," he
announced, "and H'r. getting llthter
all round. I wouldn't ba surprised If
wa were in for a fine evening."
"Well, hero's your chance," ex
claimed Molly. "If Ciowllnnd's been
shut up In the house all day he's
sure to go out now!"
OPENINGS LISTED
CompftltlTe Mamhifttioni for mv
trl civil arrvtre position hnve bfen
nnownrfd by Knrl York, wrrrtnry of
the local bonrrt of rtvll wrvire ex
anlnpm. from whom full prtlri.
lira may be obtained.
The first groip of position! ta a
follows:
Draxllnf operator, dlesel; awlnt
ant Inspector, drelt;lnp; aMlptant in
.-prrtor. Keneral cunstrtirf Ion. awlit
ent tn.pfctor, rlern. harborp. and
a .iteruaya ronntruct ion; Inspector.
Knrral conMnirtlon; Inspector, gen
eral construction (tmmi-l,) Inspec
tor, rivers, harbors and waterways
construction.
Applications must be on file with
the Secretrv. Board of V. 8 Civil
Re ic! Kxnntln-rs. U. 8 Engineer
Depai-laniil ai Urgt, foiV fecit,
By VICTOR BRIDCES
"Worth trying, anyhow," agreed
Jerry. "What are you two going to
do?"
"We're coming with you," aald
Molly. "I want to have a look round
the factory, and so does Nick."
"There's not much to see."
Jerry reached up for his shoes,
which he had placed on the rack to
dry. "The most Interesting part is
the room 1 told you about, the one
on the right, where I taka It that
Osborna used to work. Like a big
prison cell with a steel door and all
aorta of odd gadgets In the way of
furnaces and alnks. If he's left any
clues behind blm that's where they
ought to be."
"We'll have a good search, any
how," I said. "By the way, I suppose
It will ba all right leaving Jimmy
alone on tha boat?"
"Ha won't ba alone. I'm not faking
George ashore. His foot's still sore
where that brute bit him."
1 leaned down and patted my res
cuer, who with his paw In a bandage
was anxiously contemplating our
activities.
"Never mind, eld man," I said
consolingly, "When all this Is over
I'm going to buy you a large silver
bowl to drink out of, with the data
of tha battle engraved round tha
rim."
Jerry chuckled. "You needn't
waste your money, righting Is one
of George's two favorite hobbles."
He did up bis remaining shoe
lace, and pushing back the sliding
door of tha fo'c'sle, addressed blm
self to Jimmy. "We're all going for a
walk, James, so you'll ba left la
command. Feel equal to tbe respon
sibility?" "Quite, sir," came back the crisp
answer.
"You should say 'aye, aye' to ba
strictly nautical. By the way, tha
rain's stopping, so If you'd rather
you can sit up on deck and admire
the scenery. I don't suppose wa shall
be more than two hours."
He Jumped up and, donning an old
sou'-wester, edged his way along
towards the cabin door. "Shove on
your bibs and tuckers, children," be
added, "and I'll get tha dinghy
round."
FIVE minutes later, with a thro
drizzle still dappling the surface
of tha water, we were pulling In to
wards the small natural beach off
which tha Seagull was anchored.
We grounded a yard or two from
our destination, but by standing up
and using his oar as a pole. Jerry
succeeded In forcing the boat's nose
well up the bank, and, scrambling
ashore, 1 helped Molly disembark.
"Better get her a shade farther
In," observed Jerry, following with
the painter- "The tide will be up by
the timo we get back, and we don't
want to have to wnde out to hor."
We dragged our little craft over
the mud and made her fast Just be
low high-water mark. Above where
she lay the ground rose sharply In a
steep, sandy bank, on top of which
straggled a few stunted gorsa
bushes.
"Mnkes a nice bit of cover," re
marked our sklppor, eyeing the lat
ter approvingly.
"You're not afraid of her being
stolen?" Inquired Molly.
Ha shook his head. "I was think
ing of our friend Gowlland. If be
was taking a stroll In this direction
and happened to spot her. It's quite
likely he'd shove his foot through
her side. Nothing makes people so
spiteful as Jealousy and bad
whisky."
"Keep that well In your mind," I
admonished him. "Unless you're
quite sure ..."
Bnng!
The distant report of a gun rang
out clearly across the saltings aud,
with a loud rustling of wings, one or
two startled birds rose hastily from
the surrounding grass.
"Thero you are!" I continued.
"That's probably Gowlland venting
his sploon on some Innocent rabbit.
If you hurry up you may reach the
fnriu before he gets back."
"I'll cut straight across from
here," ha replied. "There's a path
of sorts that Joins the tana about
half-way along. It will save ma at
least ten minutes."
He paused. "It I'm not around
when you come ovt, don't bother to
wait for me. Take Molly back to tha
boat, and when 1 show up I'll give
you a shout from tho shore. I don't
want to tie mysrlf down to any
exact time."
Jumping up tha benk, he set off
quickly through the rough grass,
and at a more leisurely pace Molly
un.l I tnrnpd our steps in tha direc
tion of the factory.
fC'opyrfjSf, JJ. Venn n.bll.'hmt Co.)
Nick end Molly wslk IMt a r.
rlbl trap. Monday.
i Montana, not later than January,
j !D.t5.
Thee examinations are for the
I purpose of filling existing and fu
; ture vaca.ncl in the Tort- Perk en
! sineer district, with headtjuartera at
Fort Peck. Montana.
Competitors will not be required
to report for examination at any
l place, but will be rated on their ex-
( perlence and fltnrsa.
j Other positions offered are:
, rievator conductor, f t.ORO a year,
Departmental Service. Washington.
D. c. Kxperienee In operation of elec
tric elentors required.
Junior telephone operator, it ISO
a year. Departmental Service. Wash
ington, D. C. Specified experienc re
quired.
Tht clnatm ttntm tnr ri(nt nt an. I
pllrations for these examinations lr I
January 3S, 193V
To runnna tliat
he wtut thlnk'.rv
; of sell Inn hta SO
per cent of t.ie
Brooklyn IVcirera. president ytevr
M.-Keever aald, "It la not for a
. H will never be for ssle uhlle 1
1 live, and I'm feeling very wr t.,auk !
LISTS
OF
WASHINGTON. Jsn. It (API-
A six-point crltlclfm of NRA code,
prlce-flxlng was presented to the re-
,,,,. ..,,, . ,i,i
covery administration today by the
consumers dlvialon of the national
emergency council.
It summarized Information received
from 150 consumers councils
throughout the country and was
presented at NRA'a hearing on the
entire blue eagle price policy.
The six conclusions drawn from
the reports by Donald R. Rlchberg's
counsel which said It had not In
jected Its own analysis, were:
"1. In codes providing for price
fixing there are numerous violations,
sufficient In many Instances to de
feat entirely the purpose of the pro
vision. "3. Price fixing Is more widespread
then specific code provisions au
thorize. "3. High prices for particular com
modities have discouraged consump
tion or have diverted buyers to an I
alternative and perhaps Inferior
method of satisfying wants.
"4. The consumers' option of re
fusal to buy when prices are not
right Is not an adequate protection
and, when exercised. It defeats the
purpose of the ant to get consumers
to buy more goods.
"fl. Price-fixing does not permit ;
the results of efficient management
to be paused on to consumers in the
form of lower prices. '
8 'MATTER pop- " ----- - By C M. Payne
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BR1NQIM0 UP KAI'HKH - By Georee McMaaO
n ' r 1 I 1 nil! its i ? r ' 1 1 ir:nf'i i 1 r .
MAGGIE IS SLEEP- THESE SHOES SQUEAK AM J fr'J SO' TPVinG TO I F&M LiPE iS JUST ONE
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dregg. proprietor of the Greater
j American dairy In Multnomah county.
Neb., Jan. 11. (API on the ground! that he had not com
hay embargo recently ! P'il wltn tn Oregon statute requtr-
LINCOLN,
The alfalfa
lifted by Nebraska against nine Idaho,,8 Yn? u ,i w p 8 t.aa
iof milk shall be free from tuberru-
and two Oregon counties today va'osis.
re-established by Oov. R. I. Cochran, j The hearing of the complaint was
The order la effective January 20. held In Portland January 7, under
ten days being allowed for the clear-; direction of J. D. Mlckie. head of the
lng of shipments already under con
trsct. Hay dealers and growers had
averted the state's crops were men
aced by the possible Importation of
alfalfa weevil from Idaho and Oregon.
The Brooklyn Dodgers will be the
first National league club In camp
this year. They will report In Or
lando, February 35.
I 1935 fimTSTi L
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SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 11. CAP) The
state agricultural department today
announced the revocation of the
grade A milk license of Henrv An-
state foods and daries department.;
Witnesses Included Atidregg, a num
ber of veterinarians. Dr. Victor
Morga, chief milk Inspector for the
city of Portland, and Dr. sum B. Fos
ter, United States department of ag
riculture representative.
It was Indicated that Andre gg '
would appeal the decision to the
courts.
FRET? perleV 60T pREflV HOf OER HIS ASH CAM,
WHICH, BZWttH fHE flME HE SEl If OUT IN -THE N7CRMIN6
AHD WErK 1b "TAKE if IM, VANI5HEP JHfO 1HIM Alfb. FjW K5
DISAPPEARANCE REGAINED K NV5-fRV ONflL friE NEtf 1HAVV
R WEALED -THE ASH CAN A T0RMIN6 1HE FRAME WORK FOR THE
Snow man -that -the plumer chij-dreN had builY nitf poor