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TMT.DFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, IfEDFOUD, OREGON, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1935.
SNAPSHOTS OF A MAN PICKING A MOVIE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
CLUB GROUP
""V .IT'' WAPID-flRE ROMANCE BY, EVAN EVANS V'"
BTHOPB1S: Ths Montana Kid is
approaching Jack Lascar slowly;
it ia a duel to the death with rs
volvers. It was to havs been Mon
tana's wedding day, but he put aeide
Ruth Lavery, hie bride-to-be, to
accept Lascar's challenge. Montana
does not knout that the challenge
was a fake, concocted by itateo
Hubris to get Montana into Mexico,
there to help Mateo recover the
emerald crown of Our Lady, stolen
from the church by the governor of
Mateo'e province. The shtrlff ia ap
proaching on a steaming horec, to
etop the duel.
Chapter Nine
FLIGHT
A WOMAN screeched through the
thick silence that covered the
town: "It's gotta be stopped! It's
murder! Two at God's creatures out
there to murder "
The Tolce was muffled. A man
could be heard to say, distinctly:
"Now. Mame, don't you go beln' a
fool. The boys have gotta have
their fun, don't they?"
The hoofbeats from the rear must
have rounded a comer. They seemed
suddenly nearer. It seemed to be a
signal tor Jack Lascar. The man
seemed hungry for the battle as be
Jerked out a gun.
The Kid made his draw In mldstep.
He fired as bis foot struck the
ground. Jack Lascar fired one bullet
Into the air as he spun around. He
fell neither forward nor back, but In
a heap, and the dust washed up
around him as though the earth
were anxious to claim its own at
once.
With the fall of Jack Lascar there
came out of the watchers a deep,
quick, animal sound. The Hps of men
and women and children grinned
back suddenly as though there were
something In the sight that filled
them with a food of satisfaction, or
of horror.
The Kid went up to the body of
Lascar and put his foot brutally on
the shoulder of the man, and pushed
him back so that be sprawled face
up. Then Montana could see that a
trickle of blood was still running
down the side of Lascar's head
sure proof that the fellow was not
dead as yet. Well, It that bullet had
glanced, It meant that there would
be more trouble, great trouble,
head of Montana. .
There was something more to be
considered, just now. That was the
persistent beating of hoofs down the
street and now rounding the last
corner. So the Kid Jumped Bally,
looking back as he Jammed his feet
Into the stirrups. And he saw the
sheriff come grandly around the
next bend of the street with his mus
tang aslant, the dust spilling out
ildewlse from the slashing hoofs,
ind the wind of the gallop furling
back the brim of the sheriff's hat.
And as the sheriff saw the picture
letore him, the dust still rising
ibove the place where Jack Lascar
lay, the man of tUe law shouted. His
cry was like the hoarse bark of a
lea lion as he went for his gun.
Montana did not try to get away
down the street. Neither did he open
Ore on the sheriff, because It was not
his habit to shoot at the law-abiding.
Instead, he sent the mare swinging
over a four-foot fence and then
trashing through tall shrubbery that
closed over man and horse like
water.
The sheriff's bullets crackled
through the brush; other bullets
sang a smaller and a higher note
tround the ears of Montana.
But now he had to swerve the
mare onto a back lane, and sent her
scooting. There was going to be
plenty of trouble. He could hear the
voice of It growl and howl through
Bentonvllle.
THE Hons had finished fighting.
- and now the spectators would
take part In a lion-hunt Horses be
gan to snort and squeal under the
pur as men mounted and drove
way In the pursuit. Men yelled or
ders In voices that squeaked with
excitement.
The Kid smiled a little. His eyes
filled with reminiscent pleasure.
From his position, the south trail
was the best trail. He went straight
for It, taking note how the mare
carried her head high, moving It In
observation, keeping her ears
pricked. She was Iron-hard. The run
from the ranch had not weighted her
hoofs with the least weariness.
The lsst house, the last barn,
whirled away behind blm. He was
heading towards the beginning of
the south trail with the tumult of
Bentonvllle drawing to a single hesd
behind htm, when he ssw a man on a
black horse riding furiously down
Ihe northern slope to head him off.
There was still time to turn to the
left down a broken ravine, but
though he might avoid one enemy In
this manner, he would loave himself
Boy Scout Notes
Troop No. 5. Medford. by Armine
Lewis. Fourth meeting of 1035 waa
held by troop No. ft In the Waahlnff
ton school gym January 30. Plrat on
the program waa bringing out of the
colore, followed by roll call. Qames
vera played until 8:03. ficoutmaAter
Hoey called the troop in a circle and
gave additional first aid. such m
bandages, their use and how to treat
wound of different kinds and vari
ous methods of artificial respiration.
Aftr thla, announcements were
made. The Jamboree to be held In
Washington, D. C waa talked over
and highly praised. The mobilization
on Fb. Bth, waa thought over very
carefully and eUo the Father and Son
banquet.
The troop then fell In and the
colore were pasted. The Scout Oath
glvrn and troop diamlased.
Troop No. 8. Medford, by Larry
Be hade. Jr. The troop met January
29 with good attendance. 30 acouta
tying present. V. B. Marshall gave a
taUt on "Good Turn" and lted that
trapped for that pouring crowd
whose horses were beating up
thunder behind him. Besides, he was
In no mood to turn for one man or
for two. So he drew a gun.
The mare flowed beneath him like a
current of a river; to shoot from her
back would be as easy as shooting
from the deck of a ship. But then ha
saw that the stranger had neither
drawn a revolver nor unsheathed
the rifle whose holster slanted down
under the right leg of the rider.
It was a brown-faced Mexican, In
overalls, with a tattered rag of a hat
fluttering on bis head. He was
dressed like a peon, though be rode
a horse fit for a king. Something In
that contrast, and In the tblck solid
ity of the fellow's shoulders, put
knowledge In the eyes of the Kid.
"Rubrls!" he shouted.
He got a wild yell and the wave
of an arm for answer. It was Rubrli
himself who pulled onto the trail
beside him, checking the great black
horse with a cruel Mexican bit that
wrenched open tbe mouth of the
stallion.
"Welcome! Well seen, El Keed!"
cried Rubrlz. "But take another way
than this. The whole town Is on
horseback. They've seen me and
they're chasing me. Some dog of a
spy has warned them that I'm north
of the Rio Grande!"
The shouted Mexican speech was
music In the ears of Montana. It be
added up the happiness of his life,
halt of It, and the spicier half, he
had found In the land of that tongue.
Ha smiled as he answered, "They
hunt me, Mateo!"
"They hunt you? Then they hunt
us both!" answered Rubris.
HE turned In his saddle. Montana
knew what the Mexican was
seeing the first riders out of Ben
tonville, lashing or spurring their
horses, riding a race with the wicked
Joy of the man-hunt maddening their
hearts.
"They are coming like ten thou
sand devils!" shouted Rubrlz,
turning front again. "San Juan of
Caplstrano, lame their horses, throw
sand In their eyes. Hal, Montana!
We ride our first trail together.
They can never catch us. Not this
black and not the mare but I have
a poor friend down the trail a few
miles with only a mule to carry blm.
No horse would have the patience to
carry the bulk of him. Look there!
there! See him lumbering the
miile, flopping his elbows!'1
Far In the distance Montana saw
a figure that waa huge even when
it was tar away a long-robed friar
on a Jogging mule. The arms of the
man flopped like clipped wings; his
head vss bare to that powerful sun.
There was only a glimpse before
a turn of the trail snatched the
figure trora view.
The friar had In fact halted his
mule, which turned sldewlse as the
rider stared behind him at the two
fugltlvea and that rising dust-cloud
from under which the horses of the
men from Bentonvllle were darting.
"Snve yourself, thick-skull! Help
yourself out of the way, half-wit!"
shouted Rubrlz, angrily.
The man was much too far awa;
to hear, but, as though he knew the
meaning of Rubrlz, he stared first
into the depth of the gorge thai
fenced the trail on one side and then
looked helplessly up the steep slopi
of the hill which was littered with
a vast strewing of boulders, big and
small.
Another bend of the trail shut out
the view of the friar, but when h
waa seen again, he had dismounted
from the mule, which was plcklni
at grass beside the trail, while thi
master clambered actively over th
rocky Junk-heap of tbe slope, look
lng too big to he human, against thi
sky.
"That's the best way tor him,'
said Rubrlz. "What's he at, nowl
Run on, fool! Run on and save youi
hide!"
For the friar wns seen heaving al
the boulders on the slope. There hi
labored as Rubrlz and Montani
went by, the Mexican rising In hit
stirrups to screech: "Run, brother!
Pascual, run for your life!"
For answer, a stentorian shout
rolled down the hill, and Montani
had sight of a flashing smile and i
brown-black faco. Then, bending t(
his work again, the friar toppled t
boulder of several hundredweight
It swayed; It staggered. It began ti
hop down the bill with Increaslni
bounds, and wherever It struck li
loosened a mass of other huge rorki
nntll the hillside became alive. Thi
thunder of the rocks quite shut oui
the hoofbeats of the posse.
(Copyright, t9$i. Harper 4 Brothers.
Montana heart, tomorrow, 1ha
tory of tha amarald crown.
be la going to make up a chart on
which to keep a record of all good
turns done by acouta in the troop.
Monty Dewey led In several songa and
the meeting closed with the scout's
evening song.
Troop No. 18, Eagle Point The
regular scout meeting waa held thla
week, Scoutmaater Walton In charge.
The code waa rehearsed and slgnalllnn
practiced. Moat of the acouta In the
troop are working for their second
claea badges. The court or honor on
February 4. waa announced. Seoul
who will appear from troop No. 13
are: Dale Throckmorton. John Wood
rich and David Hannalord. They will
all advance to the rank or second
claaa.
BARNES HAS ROLE IN
DRAMA AT STANFORD
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Pal.
Joseph Curt la Barnea of MMford.
Oregon, haa the part of Kimbayev in
the production of the Russian dram..
"Fear." aponaored here by Swoid and
Sand a la dramatic society
Um Mail rnovuM vul ds.
WILL NOT ACCEPT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. fAP) Wil
liam Green, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, announced
today organized labor would "not ac
cept" the automobile code extended
by President Roosevelt last night un
til June 10.
He made the statement to a senate
Judiciary committee considering the
Black 30-hour week bill In these
words:
"We protest against this code. We
will not accept It, recognize It, nor
yield to It."
Green aald the code had "abso
lutely failed" to spread work "because
under It the workers are compelled
or required to work almost unlimited
hours at the discretion of the auto
mobile manufacturers."
A recent ballot conducted among
automobile workers by the national
automobile labor board showed BO
per cent of workers voting In nine
plants recorded themselves as not af
filiated with any labor organization
and slightly more than A per cent
affiliated with A. P. of L. Votes cast
numbered 46,211.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. (AP)
Captain Thomas A. Grant of the
Union OH tanker Montebello was re
moved today to the Grace liner San
ta paula off the coast of Mexico to
be taken to Los Angeles for medical
attention, owners of the latter vessel i
reported. '
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Extensive remodeling at the K. E.
Samson store, 239 No. Riverside, waa
completed the end of the week In
order to afford more space for the
enlarged spring stock. Another front
pntrance door and attractive window
displays are among the improvements.
Each spring since Mr. Samson
opened his feed and seed business in
1029 It has been necessary to make
changes and enlargements to suppiy
the needs of an increasingly large
number of customers. The past year
Is reported by Mr. Samson to be the
most successful that he has experi
enced in Medford und he predicts
that 1035 will bring a greater ad
vancement. 1
Mr. Samson will spend several days
in Portland thla week to make ar
sangementa. for new equipment and
stock so that he will be able to offer
a more complete assortment of seeds
and feeds for southern Oregon far
mers and ranchers, and to give them
exceptionally good service.
CALIFORNIANS WILL
PLAY AT DREAMLAND
Fred Wolcott and his Callfornlans
will play at Dreamland next Friday
night. Playing Mr. Wolcott's compo
sitions and his modernistic arrange
ments of the popular hits of the day.
this orchestra, which has never play
ed In Medford, Is ranked among
America's finest, according to the
Dreamland management.
Use Mall Trloune want ads.
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AT COAST CONCLAVE
Five members of Medford Active
club left Friday afternoon for Long
mlre. In Ranter national park. Wash,
where they are attending the mid
year Active club convention for the
Pacific coast, spoiuored by the Ta-
coma club.
Those who made the trip are Glen
Fabrlck. district governor; William
McAllister, member of the board of
directors for the International; Ken
neth O. Denman, president of the
Medford club; Jack Butler, vlce-prest-dent
of Medford club, and John
Nledermeyer. They will return Mon
day. On Saturday morning the meeting
waa confined to club business. In the
afternoon and on Sunday the dele
gates were to have witnessed the
Olympic game ski race tryouts for
1936, held at Paradise Valley, near
Longmlre. These races are the down
hill events. The Medford delegates
took their skiing equipment and ex
pected to get In some good runs on
the mountains surrounding Longmlre,
with possibly some contests among
themselves.
A banquet was to have been held
Saturday night. During the entire
meeting the Actlvlans were attired In
ski toga, appropriate for the conven
tion. ,
MADRID, Feb. 3. (AP) A sloop
carrying 21 men was reported lost
today off Ferroll, Spain, s fortified
seaport In the Bay of Netanzas, near
Corunna. ,
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starts am; of course,
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0F PEOPLE AT BO OFFICE ALTOGETHER, AND DASHES C0UERIU6 PRESENTLY THAT"
AVID 16 SURE HE'D HAVE BACK FOUR. BLOCKS 10 HE'S SEEtJ THE PICTURE
TO STAND 1HE FIRST THEATRE SOME WEEKS A60
(Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate,
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