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MEDFOKD MAIL TRTBUXE, irEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY. MA ROT 22. 1935.
GREnT RICHES
HY SUl'SISz jam' EUmton tit.
hat been viadt head ot the i
tiiinumheii bttmton MrMilv in Sew
Concord lias. throuuh the death
of kit Grandfather end grand
mother In matni uii'J he tt a very
lucky bop although tht propensity
of tht eillira toon toward ulannlna
hit career tor him it to'nethina ot
a disadvantage. S'ote hit Aunt
Sirah hat asked htm to take tomt
r-Ofert In tl,t reinettrv lor hit
oraudmother't orave.
Chapter Sll
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TAMES snatched Ilia violets and
tied from the bouse. Terry. Ms
cocker spaniel, came hounding after
him. But Terry had bowled and
bowled tbe ulglita bit grandparents
bad died. He did not want Terry
bowling In the cemetery and tearing
bis heart He sent him sternly Dark
and took the longest way to tbe
cemetery, walking slowly. Aunt 8a
rab had never dreamed, of course,
bow be bad fought day and nlabt.
especially at night, to forget those
two sod-covered mounds.
James bad been brought up In a
sincerely religious household. Until
his grandmother's dentil he had ac
cepted without question his grand
parents' belief In an orthodox Chris
tian heaven. Heaven bad been as
real ro his grandmother as Callfor-
And everyone remained Incredibly
patient and kind. James' eyes would
nil with womanish tears at the kind
ness even while he shrank from It
Ho knew that people were being
kind to blm because tbey Imagined
he was grieving for bis grandpar
ents. What would tbey think It they
knew that he was grieving more for
himself? Grieving becauso be could
not bear the tear that some day be
would be only a horror In a grave.
One afternoon Judge Holcomb
coming out of a cigar store saw
James slouching along Commercial
Street, hands In pockets and bead
bent Tbe dejection of that slack
young body, tbe Saab of misery lb
those wide apart gray eyes In the
moment before James recognised
him and spoke touched the Judge
to the quick.
"Come along to my office," be
commanded, slipping bis arm In
James'. "You've been neglecting me
these recent weeks and I've missed
you."
J AM KS did not want to go to that
olllce which had also been hie
grandfather's. But he could think of
no excuso and meekly followed tr-e
Judge's ponderous progress up the
steep lllght of steps that led to the
second tloor.
The judge led III in to the last
FINED BY
lasted 69 dayi, one leu than the
1933 assembly.
It was explained that the Increase
thta year waa due In a targe meas
ure to the Jump from 94 to afl a
day In the pay of clerks and atenog
rap hers.
The largest expense Item was that
of aalarles of clerks and stenog
raphers, u'htrh totaled 38.278 in the
houae and 921.644 In the senate. Ex
penses of printing bills and calen
dars amounted to ft 1.954.
SUBURBAN HEIGHTS
by GLUYAS WILLIAMS
GOLD FOR SALE
WASHINGTON. March 22 AP
Secretary Morgentiiau said today the
government 1 prepared to sell gold
DENVER, March 22 (AP) In the I
sight of the Denver lsw. no nudea (
nre good nudes If they're really j
""-That, In effect, waa what Justice j TH E DALLES CALLS VOTEjto foreign countries that can offer
Henry 8. Llndiiley told 18 membera T nrtsiri rnp TFRMIMAI C attractive proposition.
. f Denver's best-known ntullst. group. DUWU TUn I CniV.IWHLO , Rrent gales to the Bank of MexU',
ihe mile high health club, when he THE DALLES, March 22. (AP ' nd to Guatemala, he Mid. had
rined them II and coata. each, yea- ; April 30 has been set a the dnte : rleared the way to similar negotia-
erday on a charge of Indecent ex- ,
jowiixe.
Sitting In police court. Llndsley
fold the nudists, Including Rev. Fred
T, Krtieger. 66. retired Methodist
lergyman. they were "clearly guilty"
of indecent exposure within the
meaning of the city ordinances.
Justice Llndsley dismissed charges
: gainst four others.
Charges of contributing to Juve
nile delinquency, filed against the
"ult members because several chil
dren were present on the occasion,
when the group was raided, still are
pending In juvenile court.
of a special election called by The I tiona witn otner countries. e em
Dalles port, district to vote on a j phaslzed that no other transactions
200.000 bond lesue for the purpose were being considered at this time
of building water terminals on the He said no conditions had been at
Columbia river here. tached to transactions already con-
It ts proposed to ask a PWA grant (Mimmated. In the caw of Mexico, he
of $78,000. The port commission plans janld virtually all her sales of sliver
to construct two water terminal ! had been made to thla country,
units. j "We've got all the gold we can
f 1 poshibly use." Morgenthau added, In-
Ask the customer who have their I dlcnting that the government wculd
watch repairing done here. Johnson mnke no further undue efforts to se
ttle Jeweler. 'cumulate the metal.
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LEGISLATURE COS!
OREGON $117,082
SALEM. March 22 (AP) Expenses
for the 1038 Oregon legislature to
taled 11 17.082 for both houses, or
nearly $16,000 more than In 1033.
the secretary of state's office made
known today. The recent session
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UMUIWIS
By C. M. Payno
"Out with It. commsnded tho Judgs.
ola. She had not been tliers of
iourse, but she know all about lu
But Urandmother, sweot and goad
is she was, bad never been very
clover. She Just accepted whatever
Grandfather did without cavil or
doubt. If (irundfather had told Her
the earth was lint and tbe moon an
enormous lantorn all Iho savants
who bad ever lived could not bave
convinced her otherwise.
- And Grandfather bad believed In
Boavon. in immortality. Grand
father bad boon both clover and
learned. If Grandfather believed in
Heaven there must be a Heaven.
Grandfather and Grandmother must
be there together . . . happy and
radiant and forever safe.
But James could not be certain.
It was impossible some way to vision
hts grandmother as an angel. Urand
father, yes. Grandfather could take
bis place In any hierarchy. He would
look like a (Ionian senator In a inne;
while robe. Grandmother was defer
ent ... so buniau. Hhe had so loved
tbe little things ot life her flowers,
her pretty silk or dimity blue or
lavender dresses, the dainty beaded
tllppers she bouKht In Kansas City,
a cup ot tea beforo a winter's (Ire.
JAM liS throw himself on tho yellow
sod of his grandmother's grave
and sobbed like a child. Ho was
stabbed by remembering bis grand
mother's foolish ondenrlng Jealousy
of Aunt Snr;ili Sho had never con
fessed. would have died rather than
confess tt, but James knew very
iretl that she had been a little afraid
that be had loved Aunt Sarah best
He used to tenso her sometimes
when be came from school by kiss
tng Aunt Sarah hrst. Oh God, why
had he over tensed her?
A little ashamed James anally
dried bis eyes and placed the vtniele
carefully nhovo where he believed
bis. grandmother's breast to be He
waited for awhile on his knees for
the comfort, tho feellns ot nearness
bis aunt bnd promised him Ho
could feel nothing but the sli te
ot earth pressing on that gentle
breast Ho turned and ran from the
cemetery Hut ho could not run troni
the horror of that dreadful weight
In the days that followed James
' surly, snnpplsb to everyone.
room ot the suite, to the Inner sane
turn marked private which bad ones
been resorvod for Governor Btlra
son's exclusive use, seated him at
the mahogany desk In the swivel
chair in which as a child It had been
James' delight to swirl round and
rou mt
It was a spacious high colllnged
room with two large windows look
ing on the etreeU papored In dusky
tan with dark woodwork and the
walls lined with books.
Un a tint tree underneath drooped
an old gray rain coat with rubbers
hiding forlornly underneath On tlx
desk were papers, books, pencil!
sharpened and ready.
An ash tray, held by a perky little
Iron bird painted crimson, James
bad given his grandfather one
Christmas. They had named tbe
bird Lulu.
Oh God, when a mnn dlod why
couldn't bis possessions die loo
or be put away. . Was lie going to
be sick? Or disgrace his grandfather
by blubbering like a bshy? It only
Lulu . or those rubbers . .
"Out with It," commanded the
Judge, "Man to man, what's the
uiuttor with you?"
James Hushed, rumbled with bis
enp, gulped and raised his head.
"I'm an atheist," he at laat got out.
"Are you sure you don't mean ag
nostlc . . . skeptic? We're all skep
tics at sixteen or sovonteun
thai Is wo aro It God Almighty gave
us the shadow of a brain to reason
with."
"I don't know. I Just don't believe
In anything any more. And it's hide
ous." "Humph! When I was a callow
young cub, about eighteen, a girl
died who lived across the street
from me. Probnbly sbo was a wit
less tlttlo toot, hut sho bad a small
heartshnped face and pansy blue
eyes nud a sort of throaty voice
that tore my hear! out of my breast.
"When Fho died I'd wake up in
the nlRlu nud think of her out there
nlone, stirrounried by dead people.
It didn't mnke sn atheist of me. I
was In a towering rage to get even
with God."
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BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The Lost Canyon Ranch
Er'v in A'"er
HEAR VOU DONE A CjOOD X GOOD WE CAN TALK OUT '.V- Rpcki 1 W VOU AR HELPlN WfA, fiH-gfl f Twe A LOOI AT ' ,
JOB HERE GETTIN' THIS CIRCUS NO,l'M HERE-WELL, WHIN 1 60T BACK -reiwr AN HE'S 6ETTIN' 6ETTfrR- fegMsLl THAT IT 'o A DEED
BACK TO OLD MAN CHIRP, THE NOT- lt-: I HUNTED UP YOUR UNCLE NAT towplP 1 AN" NOW VOUVE THE CHANCE 1 ! TO THE LOST CANYON (iAAjpPY
REAL OWNER-NOW, THIN. YAINT 7 V BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND YOU- " TO NOT ONLY HELP HIM, W HOW? 1 RANCH, AN ITS ALL "'01 ,
TIED UP TO HIM FOR 'CmillMV VOU BEEN SENPIN THE OLD BOY L BUT YOURSELF, TOO, AN ' J-l j YOURS J iiJ'l
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THE NEBBS What a Girl
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lunoe hrulgt hope beck ts
Monday.
LUMBER EXCISE 1 53 ARRESTED BY
TAX IS ELASTIC: STATE POLICEMEN
JAY, THAT MISS DHENj
IS A 6EM 5 MEL'S SOT"
EVERYBODY AROUKJD MES?e )
OKJ TWEtlR TO ECS
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, I tCf? VS. -jTisTj,, IMS .V, Ti in
) IIOTC
HE TOOK THE HOUSEKEEPER.
IIOTD CAMP BECAUSE sue UASNJ'T
KEEPINJ& THE PLACE CL.EAKJ AIUD
SHE. SEIOOS THE GUESTS FRUIT
AlOD PLOUJERS , VISITS THEM ,
V HAkES- THEM COMFORTABLE
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VOU VJOULDtOT HftVL 10 "X voo ? vo. ,.v V
f. V HRE HE.-WW UlUM'-I olBEEKl ABOUMD I
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BRINGING UP FATHER
By George McManus
WASHINGTON, Urch 22 (API
Tlie state ricpnrtmn,t nottltrd Itrp
rewntitlive WhIIktcii iD., Wali.t to
riny thai tl.p vU-c import tax on
lutnbrr run hv imhtlcfi in rrd
prorli.y rnro HitriTinrnts.
Thf . rulini; v.hr MibmlttM Hltr
Wnllwrm nki'rt 1 depart me tit it
tJir lumber h udis similar to the
exclne tax un niln and (at.
Tho utato dt-pit t ttnrnt ruling, con
tained In a letter flgnrd by Hecre-
tary Hull, qnnted a
depnrtment derlRln
BMTM, M;ri'li 21 ( API Stat
polhe male 1,VI arrrt.i In general
law enforcement riming February, j
retaining In ronviri .omu of ;to vearn ;
l
!rt;il JilH M' 1 1 1 1' l irm and flSfM In
rine. thf Mute pulirsi ili'partnient
rejvn ti-d today. Nineteen acpilttals
wore t.iHHtnen. j
The greatest number of at rests In i
thK division reMiltt'd trnm lareeny
with J7 nnd dlorderiv endu-t with ;
recent tiTBhitrj I 'J lnlntloti of llqunr law bionglit
that thn lum- lahnut tbe arrest of 11 itwmih.
CRACIOUS'. VaAAT
15 THAT THE
Chef i CooKtNiG?
THE ODOR S
TERRIBLE
ITS CORNED BEEF
AMD CABBAGE,
BUT WE MUf
serve rr TO
THE CREW-
ber Import tux wan cimitlerid merely
a an ordinary ruinom duty" and
therefore mibjet t to revi Inn under
the trade, am-mcnu net.
Arreata In the flah and game di
vision totalrd 04. brought JMl wn
trttrea to;. Mint more than one year,
and ftnt-a i,UJ.
; . x ; - i- ci a a rt-' w
w 1 ii n
u i-rr- ;
CORNED BEEF AN'
CABBAGE, EM? AN'
ONL'r FER THE
CREW-
( 1 I
BUT, MR-JlGCo-
I'M
OU'oT A
Sailor am'
TOU are.
AN
ADMIRAL
I KNOW, BUT1
I WANT TO
BE A
5AILOR PER
JUST AM
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f Mi ,
AV-I. BOYS'. PA-oS
ANOTHER D15H
OP THAT UP
THIS WAT-
BOY'
I SURE
LIKE
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