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PAGE TEN is mm A RAPID-FIRE ROMANCE BY EVAN EVANS . HYXOPS18: The Montana Rid ind Mateo RubriM have recovered the emerald croun of Our Lad from the governor of Duraya, uho had stolen it from the church. But the beautiful Roaita hat be trayed them; Montana has re turned hi half of the erotvn to the bishop, but Mateo hat been cap tured, tortured, and tioto i beinn taken to the horrible Valley of the Head. Montana and flrother pat cual are flhiv-inn, with errail hfp9 of being able to help Mateo. Chapter 31 HORROR TALE EACH morning Pascual had a set speech In which ha pointed out to Montana that they were not bent on a mission where success could be hoped for. For himself there was duty and an oath to lead him. What was there for Montana? "There Is a friend waiting," said Montana, finally. And after the morning In which he made that answer, Brother Pas cual rave up the dally entreaty. They kept doggedly to the trail. It would bare been possible to go down towards the coast and find bet ter roads, but along those roads might be traveling men who had seen the published notice of a ten-thousand-peso reward for & tall man with black hair and blue oyes. So they had to keep to the terrible back country. For Pascual there was a short legged mule because only short legs, he used to ay could possibly i prisons do, wt . you a little j bit for every man. Ve;, and even a little for the women." "True!" muttered the Kid. "There are women in the valley. I'd forgot ten that. So the government began to ship down the criminals the murderers, and that sort of thing, eh?" "At first, yes. But after a while there were not enough murderers. Then the men In the valley and particularly Sefior Juan-Silva be gan to oftr more money a head. They would send for a whole jail ful of prisoners. "Some were vagrants. Some wer petty thloves. Some had disturbed the peace. One had been drunk. One was accused of being a revolution 1st, And all of them were seat to die together In the Valley of the Dead, That Is why the tobacco grows there so beautifully and Sonor Juan-SilvA grows richer each year. It Is he who owns the entire valley, now." c-pHIS Juan-SUva," said the Kid, "What sort of a man Is he?" "They tell me that he Is not a man." "A devil, then?" "If It were not for him. then the valley would b closed. Who but Juan-SUva would want to live there while the hundreds and the thou sands die around him?" "What does he um for guard?" asked Montana. They kept doggedly to the trali. endure the strain of his weight. For the Kid there was the red mare, Sally. And they led with them the towering black stallion, Neither of them evor mountod the big horse, but each felt that It would be a sacrl lege to ride the horse of a man who might be dead who was surely In agony. One night, when they were far outh, Montana asked a few direct questions. "Pascual," be said, "tell ma in brief not about the ghostly part of It or tba legend but what Is the fact about the Valley of the Dead." The friar pointed to the land. "It li a bad place," ha said. "But when water comes on the sand, any thing will grow. Well, there ts one Talley whera water flows and that Talley was bought by two men bought for nothing. "They took laborers to the place. They planted tobacco. Never was such tobacco seen. It grew as weeds grow. It grew up out of the sand by magic. But soma of the men who tended it grow 111. Others ran away. The sun addled the brain, it was so strong, and all about them was the ugly desert." TTEKE the friar paused and stood up and surveyed the flat horizon. He sat down again and went on: "What was to be done? Tobacco meant money. Beautiful tobacco would grow In that valley, but there were no men to cultivate it. As fast as the labor was brought in the men would run away again, "The desert was a terrible thing to cross. But anything was better than the valley. So the men who owned the valley thought of a plan. They went to the government. "They said: 'Why do you spend much money on your prisons? Give us the evil-doers. We will take such care of them that they will never be seen again. And Instead of charg ing money for keeping them, as your "Only Indians. They are willing to work there, happily, because they lovo to see the Mexicans die. Tho) are well paid. Thoy are tho hunting dogs they are tho pack which Juan-SUva loves to keep around him those men, and a fow others wha are outcasts who cannot be taken back Into their old places among men. They are the links between ths Inside of the valley, and the outside scoundrels who can afford to see their fellows dying around thorn!" "Hal!" said the Kid. "This Juan Sllva, as you call him this center of the entlra system he's the sort of a fellow that I'd like to see." "Yos," said the friar, "he is a man to see and to forget. He Is a man beyond prayers, I should any, my brother." Then thry came upon sight of the valley. They had tolled all the day up a gradual slope and they came before evonlog to the edge of the highest plateau. Before them thoy saw the landscape descending step beyond step into a dlmnesa of sand dust and sun mist, and beyond tho dim ncss the landscape rose agnln, in step boyond step. After a time, by a chango of th wind or of the light or perhaps their eyes were a little more accus tomed to peering Into the strange mist It seemed that the bottom ol the view cleared out, as sedlmonl clears out of wator. And now they could make out, die tlnctly, a faint shoon of dull, pur pllsh, dusty greon In the bottom val ley of sll. It was not like a valle-y It was like a great trench which had been hollowed out and out and oul until no breath of wind could evoi stir in it, and only the focussed and refocussed and accumulated sun wat hoarded there in masses of Inflnlti heat, (Copyright. X3JI, Harper 4 BrtHr Tomorrow Montana capturoi ths Utt perion on earth ht expected to t. ;0F EARLY DAYS 10 CHAMBER INVITES jO. S. RECLAMATION AERIAL VISlT0RS:P0LICY 0EPL0RE0 Chamber of Commerr officials an nounoed today thai the Sun Fran cisco bay airdrome at Alamenda, CaJlf.. plana to conduct some Inter esting tour a out of the hav rrgion during the com Inn summer. It is expected thm seven to ten plane with fllteeu to twenty people will take week-end trip to the various arenlc resorts In the Shasta Cascade Wonderland. Cole Holmes, chairman of the touript and convention committee o( tho Chamber of Commerce haa aent a letter to the manager of the air drome urging that one of theae trips be made to MM ford, In ord?r to give the Calirornlana ait opportu nity to see the Rogue River alley nd Crater lake. Undoubtedly, it la pointed out by Chamber of Com merce official, if the Invitation li accepted, MMiord would receive great deal of publicity in the 8an franclsco and bay region newspaper. WASHINGTON. Peb. 28 I AD In en attack on what he called sn "Inaane reclamation policy aa prac ticed in these Vnltert States," Rep resentative Culkin H . N. Y.i. told the hmiae tndn v Pr El wood Mead, federal reclamation com nil Ml oner. hd "partially wie krd Australia, partially wrecked California and now Is en gaged In an attempt to wreck all American ai lculture.' He described Mead as ''public enemy No. 1, particularly to the farmer." Culkin crltlcired the administra tion for carrying on a crop reduc tion program and at the same time pouring minims into irritation pro Jecta w hlrh grow crop to add to surpluses Hiine port-ax it farnili (jr-r.p and children t Special Prices Silage flmaio. Puoce 1309. Members of the Med ford volunteer fire department of 25 and 30 years ago will assemble once again for a big get-to-gether and hot turkey dinner with trimmings st the Med ford fire-hall Moncay. March II. ac cording to P. C. Blgham. one of the old time fire eaters, who has been named head cook for the affair, About 25 or 28 are expected, some being from a fnr away as Eureka. California, and Burns, Oregon. There were over 40 in the original com pany, but some have passed away, and others have not been located. They will begin to gather here on Sunday. March 10, with the big din ner scheduled for fl o'clock the next day. Eugene Amen, fire-chief of the old department, will ba present, it was learned. tn reminiscing today, Blgham stat ed that even though handicapped by the fact that they had to lug all their equipment around by hand (horse drawn equipment not having been Introduced here until about 1010 or '11) the old fire laddies were very proficient In teaching flames how to behave themselves. He recalled In particular one fire that destroyed the large livery barn that stood where the Pierce-Allen Motor company now holds forth. The barn was full of freshly-cut hay, and was of wood, aa were the buildings adjoining on both sides. Despite this handicap, the smoke eaters finally quelled the blaze, and that without letting the fire spread to the other two buildings. At the time Med ford's water supply waa sucked up out of Bear creek by pumps, and stored In an oversized tank In the city park, from where It oozed down Into the city mains, and occasionally out of the end of the fire hosea. "No." Blgham observed, "the water pressure wasn't so hot." General Petroleum Manager Here Back From Portland Meet T. M. Hlgglns. Medford district manager for the General Petroleum corporation, returned today from, a two day planning conference held at Portland and attended by all district managers of the company, marketers of Mobil kss and Moblloils. H. W. Brown of Eugene, represented the Willamette valley district. The meet ing was called by Albert E. Horn. Jr.. Oregon general manager. "The petroleum Industry." Higgles said, "looks forward to a mighty busy year and this Is especially true of General Petroleum which did not let down In Its merchandising activities during the depression. "Indicative of General's aggressive attitude Is the construction, now un der way. of four new 3,000 combina tion trucks which will go Into service throughout the state within the next month. Most of the 12.000 is being spent In Oregon." Hlgglns said. The tanks for each truck a 600 gallon, two compartment tank and a 300 gal lon single compartment tank were built In portlnnd by the King Broth ers Boiler works and the body work Js being done by a Portland firm, Wentworth is Irwin. The truck bod ies will be streamlined and finished In green lacquer, Hlgglns said. , THREE SNAPSHOTS OF A BOY ASKING FOR A COOKIE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS By PORTRAIT ARTIST: NEW YORK. Peb. 28 f AP) Frank O. Salisbury. British portrait artist who has painted them all. nominated today as he three busi est men in the world: President Roosevelt Premier Mussolini King George V .... but not necessarily In that order. Sitting In his skyscraper studio on the 4 1st floor of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, Salisbury hesitated to decide who was the "busiest of the busy," but suggested the title lay between Mr. Roosevelt and II Duce, chiefly because of their. heavy responsibili ties. Three presidents Roosevelt, Hoo ver and Coolldge have posed for him. Salisbury spent a week painting Mr. Roosevelt while visitors came and went. The president struggled duti fully to remain motionless while dic tating to a stenographer. BEAGLE PUPPET SHOW SLATED FRIDAY NIGHT BEAGLE. Feb. 28. Teachers and children are getting ready for the puppet show "Tom Sawyer," and the pie social Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Everyone Is invited to attend. The ladles are asked to bring pies and they will be auctioned, off to the highest bidder. f watches mother clear up remnants of tea partv . asks can he have another cookie? FOLLOWS HER OUT TO KITCHEN A4K1N6 COULD HI HE EYES HAVE JUST ONE MORE ? v CdWTEMPMTB aoKJK ON PANTRV SHELF, RE MARKING WISTFULLY TurV LOOK VERV 600P ALLOWS HEX BACK IN TO LMH6 ROOM, POlKlf 1N6 OUT THAT HE ONLY HBP TWO OR MAYBE THREE COOKIES BEFORE AMP HE'S SURE JUST ONE MORE WOULDN'T HURT HIM, BECAUSE . SHE SAID HERSELF THEY WEREN'T RICH TA65 AL0N6 BEHlNp HER INTO KITCHEN AfcAlN. AS SURING HER THAT ONE MORE WOULP N'T SPOIL. HIS SUPPER STANDS AROUNP, 6EfTiN6 UERV MUCH IN THE WAY, ANP KEEPING UP A STEADY MONOTONE THAT HE'S REALLY HUN6RY (Pop-right, 1935, by The Bet gyndteitt. Inc.) AND SO AT LAST DE PARTS HAPPILV WITH COOKIE ' ' Z-Xt uiauartt 8 MATTER POP Pame By Hal Forrest N r" . . TH IF at-, - nwrr " Xr -J 1TI "Past 1 J VawT ' I f Jrii A ' ( ,Aww- ra -cju&t mut 1 l- 17. 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