PAfiE ETfiFTT
A RAPID-FIRE
HYSOPSI8: While Brother Poe
niol and Afofeo w!ri, tne guir.
o9 bandit, ore hurrying north
through Mexico 01 oft 1 tfd o
help recover the etolen crown 01
the Madonna, El Keed ie dccidinn
to lorget hie promise to hie fiancee
and break the wild mare tihtch he
hoe nomed Sally, El Keed'e career
in love hat been a eeriee of broken
promltet. ond Ruth Laiery'e la
ther dire not believe he utll keep
hie promtee to Pulh. El Keed, aliae
Montana, etreake tor the mare.
Chapter Six
MONTANA RIDES
TO THE men who watrhed, close
up, the similarity was even
greater. They saw the devouring
hunger In the eyes of Montana.
They saw him crouching, gripping
the top rail of the fence with both
hands.
The next moment he was plung
ing through the dust that smoked
across the face of the corral. They
saw him dodging through It while
the wild mare tried to flee from him
as though she feared tooth and
claw.
He caught her like that, too. As
she swerved out of a corner he
leaped at her with hands and feet
She soared. He appeared gripping
the pommel with one hand, the rest
of him streaming upwards. But a
moment later he was In the saddle.
The watchers were frozen In
place because It was not a riding
contest There was death in the air.
Tombstone Joe leaned on the fence
with his face dripping blood and
black, clotted dust.
The yelling bad ended.
Each cowpuncher rotalned his
past position. One was on one knee.
Another, on tiptoe, gripped the top
of a post and seemed to be yelling,
though no sound came. Another
held his hat rigidly above his head,
but forgot to wave It.
And from the veranda It could be
aeen that the head of Montana, at
every Impact wavered crazlly up
and down. Hia chin was beating on
hli breast At every lurch of the
mare -he seemed about to shoot
from the saddle, but something
stuck him In place. Luck, men
might have called It But It was not
luck.
The man or the mare would fall
dead, surely.
Then she staggered and stood
till, her legs braced wide apart
After a time, Montana got slowly
from the saddle. He slid down. His
face waa crimson. Blood from his
mouth, his ears, his nose had cov
ered bis face with a red mask. He
felt his way to the head of the mare.
He put his arm around her neck.
He began to stroke her face.
And she, with half-closed eyes of
exhaustion, leaned slowly against
him. He pulled out his bandana. In
stead of drying his own frightful
face, he began to wipe the slobber
and the froth from the muzzle of
Sally.
IT was only a few days after this
that Mateo Rubrlz sat in a can
tlna In "Greaser Town," the Mexi
can adjunct of Bentnnvllle, near the
Lavery ranch. Good Brother Pas
cual had left the table as soon as he
had finished his dish of hot trljoles.
There remained only Mateo Rubrlz
and a sallow need man with high,
squared shoulders such as one ex
pects to see only In a soldier.
LONG'S DENUNCIATION
BATON ROUOE, U.. Jan. 30. AP,
A formal demand upon the lectM
fttat oflcltvlA to "renounce tb dic
tatorship of United SUtta Senator
Hiiey P. Long" vm twufd today from
headquarter of th Square. Deal u-or-latlon
of Louisiana
The demand, formally writt:!
statement nignM by (he officer, waa
a oaII upon the officials technically
and constitutionally composing the
ttt administration and tat go?
eminent to rebel against the rule lm
poed by Long as a United flutes
senator.
In all agea thinking men bare been
clever, whether learneJ or not.
There are more words In He than
In the truth.
Cyclone carry off everything but
the mortgage.
ROMAMCC BY EVAN EVANS
He looked like an army officer
apd a consumptive. He wore the
garb of a prosperous Mexican
charro, all yellow leather and a
starring of silver that brightened
and waned as he turned In his chair
or lifted bis glass to drink the
green-white tequila.
He was Jack Lascar. Everyone
south of the border knew blm, and
everyone north of the river knew
blm; but no one knew blu national
ity. Borne people said that be was
in fact a Lascar. They looked at the
yellow whites of his eyes and said
that.
He carried with blm an air of
amused superiority. He retained
tbls air as he said: "If I walk Into
the street and tell people that
Mateo Rubrlz le In here if 1 tell
the gringos that what'li they do to
you, Rubrlz?"
Mateo Rubrlz grinned. A stiff
wave of flesh rose up from his
cheeks and almost obscured hla
eyes. He leaned forward.
"Your father " he began.
After that, bis voice was so soft
that Jack Lascar bad to bend bis
head to bear the words. A dreamy
expression came over the face of
Lascar.
"Thai's wbat I always wanted to
know," said Lascar. "I always want
ed to know who cut him. down. It
was you?"
"Who else would have dared?"
asked Rubrlz, leaning back, with
twQ-handed gesture of triumph.
Ths Kid pulled out hit bandana.
Jack Lascar grunted. "Then whal
do you want?" he asked.
"I want you to accept a favor,'
said the Mexican.
"Humph I" grunted Lascar again
"Well?"
"You bate one man a good deal.'
"Do 1?"
"The Montana Kid?"
TACK LASCAR turned a little ll
J
his chair, quickly. He glanced
over his shoulder at the door. He
looked at the window, also. Then hi
finished the white Are of his tequlli
and stared at Rubrlz. ,
"Damn him!" said Jack Lascar.
"Once, In Nevada, In Carson City,
In the Imperial Saloon," began
Rubrls, "on a Tuesday morning "
"Damn you!" said Lascar.
Rubrls leaned back In bis ohalr,
He looked, at that moment, like
fat, ra'.ber aott man of middle age,
a puty creature halt rotted by time.
But Jack Lascar knew otherwise.
"This Montana Kid," said Rubrls,
"Is a man who would come to
challenge like a dog to raw meat.
Now, It you write out a challenge In
English can you write English?"
"I write five languages." aald
Lascar, slowly, bitterly.
"It you wrote out a challenge and
nailed It on the post-ofllce notice
board, the town would know It. Ths
Kid would know It He would come.
And the sheriff he Is not In town.
The law Is not In town. It Is away
for one whole day!"
"The Montana Kid would not
come!" aald Jack Lascar. "Every,
body knows, even the little babies
know, that if Montana ever pulls a
gun and shoots at anothor man
even In self-defense the sheriff
will be on his trail with a posse."
"No matter what he fears," said
Rubrls, "he roars shame more. 1
cannot challenge blm, because
cannot appear. But you can chal
lenge him. How will they know that
Mateo Rubrls lies In hiding beside
one of the houses, or Inside a win
dow, with a rifle aimed and ready to
end the fight before It begins?"
(Copprteht, IJJ, Harper 4 Brother)
Tomorrow, Mentana
married,
SM REPEAL
SALEM. Jan. SO. (AP Senator
Peter Zimmerman today withdrew hla
meaeure which would repeal the crim
inal ayndtrallem law and In Its place I
ne introduced a new meaamre which
would rerer the repeal proposal to a
vote of the people at the next elec
tion. The repeal proposal, known u en
ate bill No. 1. bad no chance of pa,
age In the aenate. a poll taken ot
membere revealed, hut Zimmerman
believes the referendum mrature
would be approved. A laige hearing
on the repeal waa held lat week.
It's earner to jive jokee hn to te
them.
fimtlej
guagea.
and teaxa apeak all
Who thlnka too little talks toi
much.
lfEDFORD MATL
L ATTENDANCE
OF 2525 SHATTERS
With 3525 students now In attend
ance and a good many uncalled for
registration slips, the Med ford public
schools are now boasting the largest
attendance they have had In several
years, and an Increase of 64 over last
year, according to figures released by
the city school superintendent's of
flee today.
The Junior hightops the list with
706 students and the senior high Is
next with 603. In the elementary
grades, the Washington school leads
with 369. followed closely by the
Jackaon with- 313, Roosevelt school
being third with 292, and the Lincoln
school trailing the rest with 222.
Acting School superintendent C. O.
Smith made it clear that these fig
ures were for those In actual attend
ance, and not the total enrollment,
the total enrollment figures being
considerably higher than those given.
Asked bis opinion of why the
schools are growing In attendance.
Smith stated that the school census
shows a diminishing of unoccupied
houses In the city, Indicating that
the total census for the town la
growing, a fact which naturally ac
counts for the increase In students
at the school.
A A. A WEAR BETTER CLOTHES
Suits and 0coat to measure, $2150
up. Klein the Tailor. Upstairs.
4
Phone 642. We'll haul away you;
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
8 'MATTER POP
(oSfe M syndic, ,. J! Ik HvtfB3rr
Taxljt . . .e t sja-'.e ' By Hal Forrest
M Mwr VpP.fIi! I"'" we o I floAT ees tmosg- you must "be otTTGftvT""
fn C SfJF f'A ? AUt SO r COU StOT-oe, RPfKz Not?SSL I H5AR-. PEOftO. I OOUT HEAR, '
ben wr " .
I ' - ALL RIGHT, W WHAT HAV5 1 1 RECKOKl"vOU RE T"T THAT VOUH6 GUFFAtST HOLD ON NOW, 1 A1NT ARREST1 Nl' igl
I 1 SIR. HERE Li YOUOONTO ) MISTAKEN 'BOOT fmel IS RESPOHSBiE A?E$T . I I NOBODY TILL I GET THE FACTS" PB
CSji we ARE - J WILLIE PUTTY? J l THE WILD boy'o HIM ARREST him J 1 YOU AV THAT lad there is the (m
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THE NEBBS Twas Ever Thus k a,
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HOME- SHE MUST BE AM .AlN ). , ENOUGH TO HAVE A HEAD- Eft aTbmELP
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TRIBUNE, ifEDFOKU.
27,000 WORK ON
SERA PROJECTS
PORTLAND. Jan. 30. iff) The
SERA committee announced here to
day that 27.000 men and women, the
majority of whom are heads of fam
ilies with dependents, are being em
ployed on state relief projects. Thou
sands of dollars weekly are going into
the channels of trad? as this vest
work program continues.
Already this week the SERA has
approved work .projects to cost
$148,000.
Word has been received from Ma
rlon county, the committee an
nounced, that additional suggestions
for proposed SERA projects for relief
In that county have passed the M.
000.000 mark In tentative applica
tions. Remodeling and modernizing
the Marlon county courthouse Is one
of the large projects proposed. This
l would cost about $100,000.
WRIGLEY'S
1935"
OREGON". WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30. 1933.
BY HIGH COURT
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 30. (AP) Four
temporary assignments for circuit
Judges were announced by Chief jus
tice J. U. Campbell of the state su
preme court yesterday.
R. Frank: Peters of Washington was
named to substitute ror H. K. Zim
merman in Clatsop county.
Judge C. H.McColloch of Baker to
substitute for Judge C. H. Sweek of
Umatilla county.
Judge James W. Crawford of Mult
nomah county, for Judge Arlle G.
Walker In Yamhill county.
Judge Arthur D. Hay of Lake coun
ty to Muitnomah county.
Who abusea himself gains a lot
out It's in the cemetery. 1 I
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pass this way but once. !
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