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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 28, 1935.
DISTANT RELATIVE
GHENT RICHES
KEW AGRICULTURE
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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BYNUP818: Jaenee Bttmeon Hi
taet ot the male tine or la. A'eu
Concord, Kae. atimeone return.
fT'im preparatory tchoot in tho East
to mid that hie guardian Juki
irnh Htimeon ha ton noil 01
the family tortun He oannot go to
medical erhaol. when he thinie it
over he deridee he had rather be
a lawyer, anyway. Bo he vieite
Jwlge Holrnmb. hit beet friend
and telle him hie decision.
Chapter 11
NAPPY
"I'M glad you've com to your
senses," the Judge growled.
"I'm glad, too." Jamee grinned en
gaglngly. He knew very well that
jhe was the apple of the old man's
!y&
"Of course 1 can't afford to go to
law school, he went on, "but I
thought perhaps you'd allow me to
study here with you. I'd like It bet
ter than anything."
The Judge grinned back at James
delightedly. "I'll think about It." he
boomed. "If N'appy'a willing 1
shouldn't be surprised If we could
manage it." (Nappy was the colored
office boy.)
It was the happiest day In tha old
Judge's life when James came Into
the offlce whlcb had been bis grand
father's and began bis study of law
For forty years black letters on the
frosted glass of the front door and
gold letters on the widows had pro
claimed to a small but Interested
world that the Arm of Stlmson and
Holcomb. AttorneysatLaw, prac
tised their profession therein
Perhaps some of Or. Jim's old ad
mirers, the women, were disappoint
ed that bis son failed to follow in bis
medical footsteps, but to the rest of
Now Concord It seemed eminently
I fitting that the third James should
be sitting at the Bret James' desk
In the first Jamoa' creaking swivel
chair and studying from the self
! same calf-bound volumes.
To the Judge it was not alone flt-
itlng: It was rapturously satisfying.
"Well. MIbb Julia, you see thai
Providence Is still on the Job, look
ing after my boy," be said a day or
two later as he paused before Miss
I Pratt's front porch.
"I hadn't noticed that Providence
I was unduly exerting Itself," retorted
Miss Julia good-naturedly, "but I had
iseeu that James' special Jinx had
iieen to It that he was reduced from
affluence to poverty Just when he
ineeded his money most. What Sarah
IStlmson was thinking of Investing
I"-"
; "Bah! What's a little money!
Losing his money will be the mak
ing of the the boy. Miss Sarab'a
coddled him like a pet tabby cat.
It's time James cut loose from ber
apron strings and learned that
chicken livers and cream don't grow
ou saucers. High time."
"You may bs right," Miss Julia
conceded generously. "And If James
Is the born orator you say be Is It's
barely possible that In the long run
It will be better for him to have to
give up medicine and let you teach
him law. 1 must say that Providence
couldn't have provided a better
teacher."
That night the Judge admitted to
Caesar, his hound dog, that he did
believe that In Miss Julia the Lord
Almighty for once had made a wo
man with taint glimmerings ot com
mon sense.
, TAMES took to the law as an Irish-
man takes to whiskey, due partly
no doubt to the skillful coaching or
the Judge, but more to the air" and
encouragement furnished by the
Judge's super-efflclont assistant, Mr.
Napoleon Bonaparte Hauler, com
.monly known aa Nappy.
Nappy was a young man ot color
of about the same ago as James who.
like so many eminent Americans,
bad atarted his business career at
the very bottom rung of the ladder
as a mere office boy and runner of
errands.
Out Nappy had not stayed long at
the bottom. In the course of some
balf a dozen years he had risen, fair
ly by leaps and bounds, to a posi
tion of such Importance with the
firm of Stlmson and Holcomb that
ilt stopped Just short ot a partner
,shlp.
It was Nappy who received callers
In the outer offlce and took In their
Isames wltb a dignity and air ot
jsecrecy that would have made an
ohsorvlng papal secretary want to
shoot himself with envy It was
.Nappy who delivered the bills and
sometimes collected the most uncol
llectable. I It was he who sorted fie Judge's
!mal) and read It whenever It looked
Interesting; and none other deter
mined which of the firm's callers
should be offered the five-cent cigars
and which the ten-centers a dell
eate matter In which the Judge nine
times out of ten waa certain to go
astray.
So keen a student of buman na
tnre was Mr. Hanley that ha knew
Tha Mgh-,pee4 Boeing transport
plane which won laurel, for America
In last October', London-Melbourne
air racea today ta malting regular
pawenger-carpo fllshta on tha Van-couver-Medlord-Caljrornla
route ot
United Air Line., with aeyeral call,
having been made by the plana here
In the laet few daya.
Pnssenftera boarding tha ,hlp read
an Inscription near the door. "Till,
plane carried the ntar, and Stripes
across the finishing line In the
world'a greatest air race" Be.lde this
notice !v a map of the world with
the Loodca-Melbouru iuui OOQ-Used.
before a stranger nad got both feet
over the sill of the outer office door
whether or not be waa a person of
Importance to be greeted according
ly or tactfully steered toward the
street Nappy, moreover, seemed to
know by sheer Instinct Just when to
admit that the Judge was in and
when to say that he was out.
It was Nappy sgaln who soothed
the ruffled feelings of bis firm's fair
clients and who escorted them to
the hall or Into their carriages after
the Judge had banged the door be
hind them. And after that new and
Intriguing instrument, the telephone,
waa Installed it was Nappy a a mat
ter of course who answered It and
decided whether or not the Judge
should be called or only given a
message.
The telephone was Nappy'a par
ticular pet and pride and not tor
anything that he could think ot
would be have surrendered the
precious privilege of answering it
first. Mr. Hanley was a musician
born and played the trombone by
ear In New Concord's Fishers of
Galilee Colored Benefit Society
Band, but the most magnetic tune
on earth was but as sounding brass
to bis ears compared to tbe alluring
tinkle of the telephone belL
Nappy of course, bad known
James for years and admired and
looked up to hlra from tbe first.
James bad been Installed In tbe of
nve scarcely a day when Nappy sur
rendered body and soul to bis
charms- There Is no denying that
Mr. Stlmson. even though he failed
to make much Impression upon bis
classmates In the effete East bad
a way all bis own with bis colored
brethren.
ITTHEN Nappy bad need of a lawyer
' be Ignored tbe Judge altogether
and went straight to Mr. Stlmson
Like tbe first Napoleon, Nappy was
possessed of a boundless energy,
and was therefore not satisfied with
ten hours' dally labor for the glory
of Stlmson and Holcomb and Han
ley. One morning when James had
been with the firm about nn months.
Nappy came Into his private office
and mysteriously closed and locked
tbe door.
"Mister James," be said 1c a low
voice, "Tve brung you a little legal
matter I'd like to talk over between
ourselves."
"Fire away," said James, glad of
an excuse to lay down bis law book.
"Well, It's this a way. I've been
noticing for years as how this white
man and that white man wbut has
come in here to our firm asking our
advice. Is making money all the
whiles without working nothing but
they balds and I've tlggered me out
a scheme to do Likewise."
"That's a fine Idea," said James.
"How are you going to work It?"
"I'm promoting a company," said
Nappy proudly, "but 1 don't want no
news of It spread about ontll you
and me has my papers of lncorpo
rashun drawn up and sealed tight as
the law can do It."
"Legal business Is, of course.
Bac redly confidential." said James
gravely. "But Just what are you go
Ing to promote?"
"Drift wood," whispered Nappy
Impressively. "Nothing more ner
less. Tha old Mlssourt River Is full
of It springs and falls. Now my Idea
Is to form me a enmpany to catch
that drift wood w hut's going to
waste and saw It up and sell It by
the cord."
"But, Nappy, that drift wood la
free to anyone who goes after It. You
can't get men to catch It for you and
then give you a share."
"1 certainly kin," said Nappy In
dignantly. "Ain't It my Idea? Didn't
1 think It up, and ain't I employing
era and carrying all the response!"
blllty? Why shouldn't 1 have my ree
wards same as any other promoter?
That part ain't a worrying me a-tall."
James needed no further argu
ment and so tbe Afro-American Rec
lamation and Development Com
pany. Incorporated under the laws
of the sovereign state of New Jersey,
was duly floated and Incorporated.
The A.A.R. and D. Company re
mained therefore under the control
of one head. Mr, Hanley as general
manager directed all operations and
peddled out concessions among the
chosen fow. As he had predicted he
had no trouble In Inducing his
friends to catch the wood for him
and give him halt.
The editor ot the New Concord
daily paper was so Impressed with
James' account of Nappv's adven
e In high finance that he not only
wrote up the Company In his paper
but nevor failed thereafter to In-
lude It In his HM of the town's
prominent Industrie to Nippy
vainglorious pride.
fCopvrivht t9S$ M .tffi a. rarnham)
Jam takti his flnt fling at Ufa,
tomorrow.
In th. rara tha plan, was Ilown
by Colonel Rosooa Turner and Clyde
Panborn ovrr approximately 13.000
mllea ot all tvpea ot terrain. Shipped
bai-i to thla country. It now la a
regular part ot the Boeing fleet used
by United on Its Ptwltlc Coaet and
coast-to-coaet rvmtea.
ENJOIN KNOXVILLE PLAN
FOR OWN POWER WIRES
KNOXVILLE. Tenn . March ?f -(
AP) Chum-elliV A E Mttohell to
dT granted the Tr nncuve PuMi
Service company. U-l utility, an in
junction to prevnnt the city of Kno
ville (torn pr(vei!ii,( with construc
tion of a municipal power distribu
tion nyntem UK'nn TVnnewee Valley
authority electricity.
B;ophy . .V eic r. v,v il'.r 1
desVnir: and modrmirin your c.M
Je wiry.
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Phone Ma We U haul away youi
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Approximately 80 contractor of
Medford and vlctnlty will b gueets
of the Big Plnoa Lumber company
today at Hotel Medford at 8 p.m.
when the Johns-Manville nound film,
"Before and After." la phown.
The film la being brought here by
the Big Plne Lumber enmpany in
cooperation with the FHA and Johna
ManvlJie aa part of a nation-wide
plan to ahow contractors their Im
portance to the aucceaa of the better
housing program.
One of FHA'a biggest problems la
teaching contractors to visualize for
home-owners repair and moderniza
tion Jobs covering typical altuattons
in their houses. The film Is built
around this idea and deals at length
With the scope of the FHA program
and how the contractor can give
intelligent, helpful advice to home
owners who have been aroused to
the point of treating their ailing
dwellings, but are unable to visual
ize Jobs that can be done at a price
within their means.
FHA officials tn Washington who
haw the film recently praised it as
a step in the right direction. The
Big Plnea Lumber company distrib
utes Johns-Manvllle materials in this
territory.
All makes of watchee rpilred by
expert watchmaker. Bnphy'a Jewelers.
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PENDLETON AREA:
PENDLETON, March M. (AP)
Jack B. Allen, named yesterday as
administrator of the Oregon Liquor
Control commission, has for 19 years
been one of Pendleton's most suc
cessful business men and exception
ally active In civic affaire.
Born In La Orande. he lived in
Spokane and Albany before coming
here. He owns a sporting goods and
automobile accessory business In Pen
dleton and for six yeara was owner
of a similar business In La Grande
He sold out there a year ago.
Allen served as mayor of Pendle
ton In 1033 and 1934. He Is chair
man of the parks commission and
ex-offlclo member of the Pendleton
round-up board.
Last November he was elected to
the four-yesr term aa state senator
from the Joint Umatllla-Unton-Mor-row
district, on the Democratic
ticket.
He Is a former president of the
Kiwanls club, Is active in the country
club, to which he gave the Jack
Allen trophy; la pant president of
the Hunters' and AnRlers' club; past
exalted ruler of the Elks; past com
mander of the Knight of Pythias,
and now Is serving his second term
a head of the Eagles lodge.
Home portraits of family groups
and children at Special Prlcea
Shangle Studio Phone 1308
LONG EXPERIENCE!
McMTNNVTLLE, Ore.. March 38
(AP) Solon T. WWW of McMlon
vllle, appointed director of th state
department of agriculture, has been
Yamhill county agent for nine years,
snd previously engaged In farming,
Krmherlng and cattle raising. He was
born In Linn county, near Shedd, 46
years ago. He Is democrat.
White's youth was spent largely In
Wasco county where he assisted his
father. In operating a wheat farm In
the summer and a lumber mill In
the winter. When the United States
entered the World war White enlist
ed at The Dalles in the 147th Field
Artillery. He was wounded while serv
ing in France. ,
He attended Stayton high school
and spent a year at tbe old Philo
math college. After the wor he com
pleted hla college work at Oregon
State and waa appointed a Smith
Hughes agriculture teacher at Cot
tage Grove.
White has been active In the
chamber of commerce, Klwants club,
Elks lodge, the Odd Fellows, Amer
ican Legion, Grange and Farmers'
union. He married Ora Florence Price
in 1910. They have three children.
Have your Fountain Pen repaired at
Elliott's. 116 N. Central.
When it cornea to radios, remember
'Prultfs can do it." Phone 22.
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VOICES IH lMr6 ROAM
and Tries To 5Heak.
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(Copyright, 1938, by The BtU Syndicate, Inc.)
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