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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1935.
iGREfT RICHES
BY .ufai8: Jamea Stimaon III,
hie hid the goC fortune to be burn
inta the .Stuneon family in Sew
C'mrord K" Hut he te on orphan
being reaied by doting Qrandpa
rtnl. and petted by all the 'nmiili
friend excevt one She i& Uiae
Juha Prntt and Aflat Julia nnd
Judne tl oleoma. Jamea' grenteat
admirer outanff the famifv ire
hiving an argument The Judo
believe n Jnmre cannot help but uc
ceed ; lln Julia mtyh ta he con
trary, cites hie dtaodvontagca.
Chapter Four
ON THE 6TAGE
"ID be the last one to deny that
Die Stlmsons are mighty doe
people." aald Miss Julia. "But a body
might think to bear you going on
that James never had a mother. 1
liked little Molly fclwlng.
"She was as sweet a young girl
as ever came to this town to visit.
But 1 mean to go on believing that ,
It takes more than sweetness to
make a tine character. Why Molly
was so shy and timid she used to cry
every time she had to go to a party
She couldn't even produce a child
without dying of lu
"That may be your Idea of a good
Inheritance, but this Is a free coun
try and 1 guess 1 have the right to
differ with you without being called
names."
"I'?vp It your own way!" shouted
. Mil
hVfk m ; 'J
ikmmrWM
People crowded around them, congratulating James.
the Judge. "Have It your own way! ,
The Stlmsona are fools, the Ewlnga
dolls and llttto Jamea baa dementia
praecox. Now that you've won the
argument and reduced me to dust 1
am going home and associate for
the good of my soul with my hound.
"CaoBar, bolng a dumb animal,
Btlll believes I have sufficient Intelli
gence to know something, not much
but something, of human nature and
the simple lawB of heredity But per
baps I'm wrong. Perhaps I ought to
thank God Almighty that Caesnr
can't answer back and tell me In
words Just what he really thinks of
me."
THE Judge went home In a half
huff and for several das was up
pish wltb MIbs Julia whenever be
mot ber. His belief that little James
Btlmson was no common or garden
Child predestined to success was
strengthened rather than dimin
ished by Miss Julia's opposition.
And whon about this time James
emerged briefly Into the limelight
and had a small public triumph this
belief Jelled Into a certainty. It was
no longer arguable.
This small triumph took place In
the Congregational Church at a
benefit for the Heathen given by the
Missionary Society. Jnmes' grand
mother was responsible.
Bhe as a vory little girl bad boon
takon by ber mother to hear Marcus
Whitman's appeal for help for his
struggling mission In distant Ore
gon, Tucked away In an old Bible
was the printed slip containing the
farewell speech of an Indian who
bad made the long Journey from
Oregon to Saint Louis seeking to
learn of the white man's religion,
which Marcus Whitman himself bad
placed In tittle Sarah's hand.
Fifty years later Sarah Stlmson
found the faded slip and read It to
her grandson. After the second read
lng James was able to repeat it with
gestures the afternoon the minis
ter's wife came to call.
A week later James, In a black
velvet Kauntleroy suit wltb a wide
lace collar, which went not at all
wltb his uncompromising straight
red hair and freckles, stood on the
top stair leading to the pulpit of New
Concord's Congregational Church
and thundered forth In a not unaf-
James' oratorical powers wen
forgotten soon enough. But Judgi
Holcomb never forgot He crowed
over Miss Julia until that long suf
forlng lady told him tartly that bt
reminded her of a rooster who na
laid an egg.
The Judge took this good-natured
ty. He was always good-natured
when he folt he had proved bli
point. And then he knew that In hei
hoart of hearts Miss Julia was al
most as pleased at little James
small success as he was.
TAMES was a little over slzteei
J when his grandfather, trying oul
a successor to Dan, his riding horse
who bad reached the age of honor
able retirement, was thrown and
suffered Injuries from which hi
never recovered. The Governoi
Bpent most of his last summer re
clining In a wheeled chair on hli
side veranda watching through half
closod eyes the great river which
began Its graceful mile-wide bend
Just below him.
At first everyone said and thought
that he would soon be on bis feel
and himself again, but as the leaves
on the trees and undergrowth which
embowered the river banks turned
from every shade of emerald and
olive to gold or russet or crimson '
and old Jamea' face look on more
and more the ivory transparency of
alabaster, those about him knew
that the old man was nearlng thi
end of his Journey.
Old James knew It too, but what
his thoughts were no one guessed
except possibly Sarah, his wife. The
two would sit together hand In hand
for hours at a time scarcely saying
a word, but apparently In perfect
accord.
Old James died with his eyes re
peating to old Sarah the promise his
lips could no longer speak not to
go far without her. And Sarah, her
head bent over James' cold thin
hand asked hut one noon of her God
soon to be allowed to follow after.
The night of his grandfather's fu
neral was the last day of young
James boyhood, though he did not
know It until the following morning.
(Copyright. 19SS It at eel U. Farnham)
Tomorrow, Jimpi, Ml, tntart a
niw lift unwilitnQly.
reeling childish way tne speech ol
the unknown Indian warrior.
James was used to grown people,
used to attention, so be started bis
oration gaily enough. But when he
came to the words, "They were tired
In many moons and thelr-moccaslni
wore out" bis voice broke.
Thereafter to the end be was that
Indian brave; and an Indian brave
must be stoical and speak hta words
calmly and slowly. His voice carried
to the very end of the auditorium i
and no one coughed and none of the
children wiggled or stuck out a Jeer-
lng tongue.
At the end there was a little bush j
und then Jamea, glancing at bis i
grandmother, saw that she was cry
ing and was suddenly overcome by
confusion and embarrassment. He
ran to his grandmother and bid hli
face In her arms.
People crowded around them con
gratulating him; the minister among
others said It was a remarkable per
iormance, but James would not look
up or speak. Afterwards James was
In great demand as an entertainer,
but the Governor soon put bis toot
down. He said James was getting
spoiled,
James relapsed Into obscurity; or
Into such obscurity as was possible
for Dr. Jim's son and the Governor's
grandson.
10
QUOTA FIXING
FEDERAL SPENDING
SALT LAKE CITY. March 30
(AP) A warning that the fertfral
government must cease It present
rat of spending to preserve Its "fi
nancial fabric" was aounrted by for
mer United States Senator Reed
Bmoot in an address here today.
Ppenkins before a meeting of as
sociated retail credit men, the former
Republican stalwart declared "things
can't go on as they are. Blame no
one. but If we continue to spend as
we have been dolne. I nee nothing
but a failure of our financial fabric
"If we ahntild rem finding after
promising thut no man shall go
bury, i Ibur biood&licd au4 pxou.
! crty destruction would result. I pray
I some answer can be found."
alyce Mchenry gets
roosevelt bouquet
To prevent overproduction of mel
ons and tomatoes, and In an attempt
to get cost of production, growers of
those two commodities have voted to
voluntarily control acreage during
19.15. according to Morton Tompkins
of Dayton. Oregon, chairman of the
Joint control board of the Oregon
Waahlngton melon and tomato mar
keting agreement. This plan of acre
age control was voted at a series of
meetings held In growing commun
ities during the past several months.
"Those who exceed their quota will
be penalized by a heavy tax which
will not be returned to them; those
who have not exceeded their quota,
will get a refund almost Immediate
ly," Tompkins pointed out. "Here's
how it works: Each crate of canta
loupes will be taxed 35c. but 18c will
be returned to the grower who Is
within his allotment. To the grow
er who has planted more than his
quota there will be a penalty of 18c
because he will get no money back.
On each crate of tomatoes the tax
will be 10c with a refund of .07c.
Each ton of water melons sold will
have a tax of 15. with a S3 refund.
"Money which is collected as pen
alties will go into a surplus stabel
Izlng fund. All other money collec
ted through taxes will go to pay
costs of enforcing the agreement,"
Tompkins said. "New growers will be
allowed to plant one-half an acre
each of cantaloupes, watermelons
and tomatoes, without being penal
ized by the agreement. Such steps
are necessary to prevent a huge in
crease In acreage this coming sea
son because of a fair price for melons
and tomatoes during 1634."
Local committees have been ap
pointed In each producing section to
assist growers in determining quo
tas. Those appointed for this sec
tion are: Bob Fields, Central Point;
Ted Flab, phoenix; Geo. F. Putnam,
Eagle point. These men will meet
March 25 and 28 at the office of the
county agent here, for the purpose
of receiving applications for quota
allotments. They will make recom
mendations which will be forwarded
to the Joint control board of the
marketing agreement for final ap
proval. This Is declared to be the first
time In the history of the two states
that growers have attempted to get
cost of production for their crops by
means of acreage control. The en
forcement of the marketing agree
ment on melons and tomatoes will
be much easier under the new agri
cultural adjustment acts, recently
passed toy the legislatures of Oregon
and Washington, Mr. Tompkins said.
AAA FRUIT CODE
TERMED ILLEGAL
YAKIMA, Wash., March 90. On
the grounds that congress exceeded
its authority In delegating legislative
authority to the Henry A. Wallace,
director of agriculture. Federal Judge
J. Stanley Webster has held the ag
ricultural adjustment aQt to be un
constitutional. The decision was handed down In
federal court here Monday and
Judge Webster ruled f,hat the gov
ernment cannot enforce the AAA and
Its codes on northwest fruit indus
tries. Judge Webster dismissed a govern
ment injunction suit agalunst B. S.
Small, Yakima fruit broker. The
government had sought to prevent
him from operating after his AAA
license had been revoked.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
ClOVOS
LEAVES BRID&E TABLE fo
see whW junior warns
Finds he's cauins for
a drink cf water.
6Ef5 HIM A 6LASS OF
WjrfER AND ASKS HIM
fO BE aUICK
WArfS IMPaTiENTlY, WHILE TELLS JUNIOR HPS HAD
JUNIOR , WHO HAS SlTOEN- ENOltfH AND TRIES TO
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SIPS AND CHAfS aiPIN6 HIM AND SAY
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Payne
FALL RIVER. Mum.. March SO.
A Urge box of white rov, ,nd carna
tion,, sent direct from the Whit.
Houm by Mrs. Franklin D. Roo.vvelt
reached Alyce Jane MfHcnry today
at the hospital where phe la recover
ing from an operation for an Invert
ed stomach.
The little patient waa thrilled to
discover that the box bore the White
House seal. She said she would cut
the seal out and put It In her crap
bo.k.
ri,ti Y,,vi;iiate Iles.
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! Dulsherg. 74. founder and president
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1 which Is r'lnvliu a prominent part
in the (leu. Mucin p.-ogiaiu.
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