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. H vjg jtV 4l -( (Copyright, 1935, by Ttw Bell SyndiMU, Inc.) ' M
EV-)iTJJiS 2 ? 1 WeESHTTJ MAK'AfLET THIS MAN SPEAK, 1 6PEA TH6. TRUTH , TOJ ocNT TAKE. TOO MUCH "OF COURSE., StNOR E(T 1 C N
SAYS. HP S TUC CPCCfU I ? CUlT Itr TUIC l A M c.,i cm . .nmATyvn i.Art'r J . i . ... . . "5 C
T " "tJV yj Hf,v J ikiik. w 1HI VV, HAi AtiatnBLtD MANV "THAT HELPfcO US TO ? (OHV I OE56RT-- BUT THEY ARZ f DlDVOU S A V (i
V? 1 CRAVC THOSe BL LIBERATOR, AtROPUANOS-MUCHOS TAMKS, ESCAPE- --Si GoiH- SHOOT SENOR M'SUIRE EL LlSERATOB T1 S t
ARMVOP THAT (MMUNITV POR. 4vSmu...-J ;' MUCHA AMMUNITION AT SAHTOS kcSgriSi AX CA.- ' I & SOIN !6 TO AM W
SCOUNDREL, E.LjfeTUEES INFORMATW-frtpjg .rf CAUENTE.-1 DESERTED MERO.V BW ffSiW B IIfS&Ps?, , Jiis EXECUTE ""MJU
LIBERATOR- ECAUSE I MIGHT 'AVE BEEN 7WJ, Wl fSmX? ( BILL MCgyiRE ?
p
C stt t
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Standing His Ground - Bv EDWIN ALGER
"f AA0. CHEETi( I HAPPBM V 50 THE OLD N 1 j' I XAJOULPNT CALL IT Xr-r-'- jf VOL) THIMK, V4E OUOHT ? VEii I PUf VOu'P BETTER CLEAR Y I'LL LEAVE 1
j TO KNOW HOW VOU GOT PE6-LE0 HAi g WWINIM6 - HE'S TOLD e, - P! TO HAVE IT BACK? VOURE I'M Jj)i OOT O' MERE , YOU WHEN WE
! THlb O RCU5 AWAY FROaI BEEN WHINING ME THE FACre,THOU6H fFfp- r fa oURE VOO 60T 50METHINS POSITIVE fjj j YOUNG WHPPf?SWPPR SETTLE
i ARCHI6AL0 CHIRP- JW00,EU? , j' AND I THINK ME OUGHT Wi lii TO THINK. WITH, ARE YOU ? i uavp -i! H3 'J-ntte.iuiur.ntt
THE NEBBS Oh, Happy Day
&UOV UMloaDET -1- MEBE, LAND'S, UJCAP , A CALLED PAWMV 'weRe.lVOV NEBB. " f xTlx3
.r,oAr VCAR. 1.LL TAKE IT f o I MEECT Me INJ TROIOT ) CQ A DOMB WUSSANJD U ,T REAiLlV MISJEi'
tSTdaI VhV io,TM mec J ' U op -rne koteluja,t )So.Tadv CUL I
; .iff rf
1 irv - i.j 1 ; 1 li - - urtn.iw.yM ir . y isg j
BK1NUIWU UP FATHER Bt George McMapuJ
fwMFRP n,o -o,Tl mp, e nrBvc'l JHEREl SlSTTR fl ffvHY-VM COIN' OVER 1 REALLV. I I 1 I DIDM'T-I'M GOIN'
SAYWEW? HOME moIvVES COIMG OOT-rO LIKETO TO MRS. R. pERVES' WHEN DID OVER TO HELP THE .
GontodinI mutStse take her.too, But hooe- J She cook wait on tmE
TONIGHT1' LATE- J HER MANNER ARE l J ' !NV!TE TABLE-THEf RE JJ I
(TOMIhttj I LATC . J I SO TERRIBLE- JL J IS ' I YOU? HAV"m' COMPANY fTJ
l ryvS lj- 5 p Sr- ' TO-NicwT-pJ.f
nm mi mim Jmm.
Rv Sol P-