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PAGE SIXTEEN MEDFORD MATT. TRIBUNE. MEDFORI). OREOON", FRIDAY, MARCH 29. 1935. UIIHI SYHUfSlS: Jamil Utlmton. III with whom th Htiiaton line tnttt return! t'um prcp'irKuiy fifcooi in lie B"t to Una Sur Aunt Sarah imnlvett in vartoua ipecutntion vnirh ivcreeit tn itaucino then amiil income to If 100 a year. Col let u our ot thm queatitm . Jnmeh e'vm ttununo in th opv o nrnnrttnthrr't rormet pari nr. tutl'Jt Htlrnmh- to thh Jua-ie'M inorihmte ittlwht antt that ot hi oolored offlc boy happy. Chapter 11 FIRST FLIGHT THE moment Inevitably came when Jamea was twenty-one If the Judge and Nnppy hal not taught him all they knew they bad taught him a very great deal. A little later arrived the great day when James took bis examina tions for admission to the bar and passed with brilliant ease. This was followed by the even greater day when the Judge strutted about Topeia wltb James In bis wake and called upon the Governor and other notables of lesser Impor tance and allowed them the favor of a handshake with the coming won der of the state of Kansas, The Judge bad been for years a power In politics In bla state and he was noted tor never forgetting a favor good or bad. As he kept bis own district firmly under bla thumb and never asked for office for him self the eminent statesmen in To- peka, naturally enougb, were more than anxious to keep on bis good side. Moreover, the Judge was an old and experienced campaigner and brimming over wltb picturesque bits of news so the reporters always laid themselves out to get In bis good graces and anyway It was dull that day In Topoka and tba old tlmera and the O.A.R. were aure to be Interested In the news of ex- Governor Stlmson's grandson and namesake Tberefore It came about that James was not only greeted warmly and made much of by every person worthy of political note In Topeka, but got a whole column Interview ' In the two leading papers, each col umn ending wltb the prediction that Mr. Stimson was unquestionably destined to follow In the footsteps of his Illustrious grandfather. Everyone was ao exceedingly kind and James so excited that be quite forgot to be shy. Vet be remained ai'AVIently modest to make a good lrrprcsslon upon practically every cne he met. But afterwards In executive ses sion in bis committee room, the Honorable Joseph Henderson of El Dorado, chairman of ths Ways and Means (and one ot the shrewdest of politicians and best Judges of characters In a state where they rulse shrewd politicians aa casually as corn or potatoes) was not over ly enthusiastic. "Seems to me the Judge Is riding that youngster for a fall," said the Honorable Joseph tipping his chair Comfortably back. "The boy la lik able enougb but he's not the man bla granddaddy was. He's got a weak mouth . . . sort of." "He passed first In bis examina tions wltb thirty competitors, most of them college graduates." said tbe Honorable Lent Smith of Wichita, quoting the Judge. "And yon know the Judge Is the surest picker of campaign material of any man In this state. He says tbe kid can talk forty waya for Sundays already. There'a no denying tbe power of a livery tongue. Look at Ilryan." "rRYAN hasn't a weak month. " Ooubtles Ibis James Brewster 8tlnison I lie third Is a bright boy but I'vo seen loo many bright lights in my day flare up and go out." Then ho added thoughtfully, bait to himself. "Perhaps If he marries tho right girl" and loft hla son tence unfinished. Ten minutes aftor--wards he had forgotten all about James. The Incident Is worthy of record becauso a week or two later Miss Julia Pratt said practically the sumo thing and hor friends and Inti mates Jumped at IU "Jamea may be a genius," argued Miss Julia heatedly to her fellow devotees ot the Thursday Whl.it Club, "but I've lived a matter of fifty odd years and I've never yet beard of any geniuses who were noted tor their money sense or com mon sense either. "It's my belief that James Is the sort that never will know which side hla bread's buttered on. He's a nice boy and I'd be the last to deny that he'a got bis share of brains. But he'a not a atrong charactor you only have to take a good look at him to see that" "Hut he'a so Ilka bis grandfather." begun Mrs. Millard. "James Is hard ly nioro than a boy you All the Slim aons were . . ." "The trouble is," broke In Miss Julia, "that Sarah's gone around ao long saying that James Is every Inch STATE WILL REDUCE BIG BOND DEBT LOAD ON FIRST OF APRIL BALEM. Mnrrti 28 (API Th flmt dy of nrxt month Htnta TreaMltrr RuftiH C. Ilolmnn will OpoMt In New York cltv th turn ol II. 337. MO to retire state highway bonri. and the further Mint ot 577.7 to pny Interest on $24.H6fl.7A0 of ntlfh b.incu. not Including b-.nds ImuM In con nection with construction of the coast bridges, the treasurer reported here today. At the sHine tuna 1 will he deposited to retire a&00. 000 In Oregon .Veteian' 8uu A14 bauds I RICHES a Btlmson that It's never occurred to any of you that he Isn't. Jamea la aa much Molly's son aa Jim's; more to my way of thinking. And It Jim bad been a little atronger himself he wouldn't have laid down and died of tbe amallpox Just be cause . - ." Tills was heresy and everyone talked at once for a few minutes. Hut presently tbo conversation came back to Dr. Jim's son. Miss Julia repeated In detail the story which Jamea had told on himself ot buying the paper on the wall from a depart ing upper classman. This brought tortb much laughter and Inspired otber stories. As a cli max Miss Julia stated definitely that even the Judge admitted tbat James was not Interested In money making. "The Judge," Miss Julia aald scornfully, "actually seems to tblnk that tbls sbowa further proof ot James' superiority. He saya tbat any dirty little foreigner wltb a pack on bla back can make a fortune In tbla country If that'a all he'a Interested In. 1 never heard of aucb nonsense." "He said aa much to me," Mrs. Miiiard put In. "At least he said that no man ever became famous who cared about money and tbat Dickens was wrong In stating tbat genius was an Intlnllo capacity tor taking pains. 1 gathered that the Judge believes tbat genius consists In being born without the common acquisitive Instinct. 1 suppose be had James In mind." I "Of course be had. Jamea hasn't ' the slightest trace of an acquisitive Instinct, ao James must be a genius. Tbe Judge made up tbat theory to fit the case. If ever 1 saw a man be sotted . . ." SOMEONE suggested here tbat they had better go on wltb their whist. They did. Out the Idea tbat James Stimson waa an impractical, Irresponsible dreamer when It came to making money or getting on In the world was lodged In the minds ot the leaders ot New Concord society, never to be entirely uprooted. At tbe same time tbe most of them stuck to It that James waa uncom monly bright wltb a gift for oratory tbat might make him famous almost over night Both assumptions were presump tuoua. James' acquisitive Instinct was perbapa a amall part of blm. He waa never half so Interested In money making aa In other things but he was no fool about money and waa meticulously bonorabli about paying bla bills and living within his Income. On tbe other hand he was nc brighter probably than half a dozen ot bis young friends. His small gift ot oratory was entirely undeveloped and he couid only talk at all to mors than halt a cozen at a time when he wna excited, angry, or wrought up. But no matter. The good ladles ot New Concord had come to a de cision. A little lator Mlsa Julia made the remark to which all tbla baa been preamble. "Well," aald Miss Julia. absently trumping her partner's king, "It seems to me there Is Just one thing 'we can do to help Jamea amount to aomethlng and that la to Cnd him a practical common aense wife." I Aa has been previously stated the ' members of tba Thursday Whist Club Jumped at It It brought a new Interest In tbelr rather dull lives. They agreed that Miss Julia's idli remark was Inspired. The burning qunstlon of who would make the best and most thor oughly competent wife tor James re mained unsettled though not undis cussed, until the second year after he had been admitted to tbe bar and hnd been promised a Junior partner ship In the firm of Stimson and Holcomh na soon as he hnd earned It. The Judge, In spite ot his affec tion, was far too shrowd to make things too easy tor his favorite. Aa James' clientele was as yet confined largely to those Nappy rounded up and brought In to him and as ha could not, to save his soul, charge a darkey a large fee. It seemed for a while as If his fate n.lght remain unsettled for many yoars longer. The ladles, however, were not dis couraged. The.-' told themselves they had expected to wait. Meanwhile, the matter offered neverendlng aub Jecl for discussion and pleasurable weighing of pros and cons. The mothers with marriageable daugh ters naturally enough nevei men tloued '.heir names that, of course, would have been considered the height of Indelicacy but there was not a girl of anywhere near suitable age or condition In New Concord who waa not at one time or another under consideration. tCopyriiM list Uatfl a. Famhaml Jamse' unofficial msrrlsos brotc trt get to work, Monday. mid S40,60J Interest on such bonds. It was arsted the psyment on the principal of the hlphwsy bonds would reduce the angregste of such bonds outstanding to $3S.0aO.3AO. as compared to a3fl.oco.7fto tn Septem- ber. ltrji. The amount of highway bonds outstanding ts the lowest since 10JO. Of the veterans' staut aid bonds 1 there will remstn after the April In- ' stallment, l34.B.ft.0OO outstanding compared to 128.000.000 tn flentem- 'bei 107R. I Retirement of the 1 337 S00 In' j highway bor-ds and aftoo.OOU in vete jrsns' bonds will reduce the bonded indebtedness of ths stste to S0.897. 010 from 164.183310 In September. 1038. 4 lAwnmowera time to get thsre sharpened and repaired; oslled u and delivered Medford Cyelery. 3J .1 rs. Phone 3tS. Phone 643 We ll haul i'S) yt reluM. Cltv SajiltaQ Beoav) ALICE M. BIRHEY, P.-T. k FOi CuntTlhutrtl The name of Mrs. Alice McLellan Birney, author and reformer stands In the list of ten American women whose names have been submitted for the 8th quinquennial election to the Hall of Fame of Nw York uni versity, Mrs. Birney, the founder, in 1897 of what Is now the National Congress of Parents and Teachers was one who, to use the words of an other, "broke the path which has srown to the highway we now pass." On Feb. 17, 1B07 the National Con gress of Mothers was organized by a p.roup of women led by Mrs. Alice McLellan Birney. The organizers both men and women, persons of affairs, representing the philanthropic, re ligious, social and political Interests of the nation, realized that white mothers have ever determined the character of young children, they have failed lacking guidance and means of cooperation to exert the In fluence upon the race, which might be possible, were conditions beyond the home brought under at least par tial control. It was the original aim of Mrs. Bir ney to secure such control and to carry mothe Move and mother thought Into alt that concerns or touches childhood in home, school, church or state. Prominent men. Including Theo dore roosevelt, were proud to accept at .as FSLZ 70 D-t-l s-iQ to sew. csomsz lirre-A 7ZMW0 7XI70SZ WD sod ar ms S4eASxv to me cur me-vry s BEN WEBSTER'S CAYFFP - g.MATT-Fff. "fv- . ' - -- . By c. M. PaynT" liii' tt acsts. Inc.) ' ..J TAILSFIN TCiW"--r:cu :a : ' ::-! uy aal Forrest BEFORE BEN, BRIAR AND LUKE REACH JIM OONAN' LAST CHANCE FILLING STATION, LET Vi LOOK INTO THIS OUTPOST OF THE DESERT FOR OUR "STORY GROWS FROM THIS POINT THE NEBB5 In tho Dt'.rk . n , ,i 'TeM ! I S . )E-li Did VOO SPEAK TO II " VvELL, YES AMDM0.5ME SAID." YOU f WELL OF ALL, THE. MERvE .' DOES 5HE V MISS DEEN ? DID YOU J . WAVE A DAUSHTER.BETSY.. WELL,l J EXPEC-r- US TO FORSIVC ANj ABSOLUTE A V PWD OUT AMYTWIKJC3. J ). HfW .NEVER COvjE AWYTUIUS YOU J l5meTj? H"?-",06S tVe COULD 'Y V ABOUT HES 75 'V COULDMT R6ivE. HER POR AMQvV, "J 00 r DAUSHTER?.SHE,,kJ WHOM U)E HftVE J ABOUT HEry ; op ,5uR5e THAT srOPPEO l-IE.f 1 ( INTEREST? WEWEVEHEACH J7 . n . xil N! couldnjt eocx- SttT VgAZENJ - vco look Jx. e J I v C( further. Jc MIX Cy"" UKE-A wu,oeRV rWrX '" Ty Usfti S f' c.nT j "fep 7. (fxyptsvt looks at a ) 2 ? '-V X KV JVlBEAUTIPUL.L.V ,JJ&A '"5r ari as. tolnlr ( r. - '- Ua t tili'l : --''-gWA TS. Wsra wg V 9 e., O.'.e, JT.Z X.. VV..IJl IIN A....:.' .1 . ..i .rVS. 1 L, VLUT BRlUlu vr tatiun By George McMa MR. BENZEEN Iinthe. AHMRJiGCS' WHO WAMT5 YOU LOOK FEEL FINE- Mf - LISTEN - DONT PARLOR-NOW GO M AMD MOW ARE "YOU I TO KNOW ? I PRETTY SECRET OF GOOD J THINK FER ONE ENTERTAIN Hiro- , ; FEELING L ' GOOD. HEALTH AMD A MINUTE THAT f THE.bE FINE v5 YOURSELF- LONG LPE It) TO I T'S A SECRET - I .. u ' , , , TO DAYS? r ' r . 1 EAT PLENTY OF I ' J I RATS-HE KIM C.o TO I w "5 f.AOl IC EVERY 1 " v .. ' ' A MONlL FER FORTY L5T ' II X UARLI( CVfcKT I . X I CENTS WHY p-. I DAY- I I &i tftw 7!jjpsa, miyfK M-fwy- 1 Q' J e.4';? b-ii-i i't Wi-J I :g jb J LJ 3-37 : l.ltvfn.SMltl.r,.fB,-l-.-Sl.mw4. places on the advisory board. Mrs. Blrney's "beautiful dream" re garded by many at first as Utopian beyend hope of realization became a powerful Influence throughout Amer ica. The national congress expanded rapidly, the growth being phenomen al. From a small group of women in Washington, D. C. th!rty-t3ht years ago to a membership of one and one half million in over 20.000 local units holding the tame high purpose and plcd:;lne themselves to fulfill the highest dreams of this brave founder. Mrs. AJU'e McLellan Birney, who by her untiring prions has won. for her self, eligibility to election to the Hall of Fame, UCLA DEBATERS TAKE COAST CHAMPIONSHIP WALLA WALLA, March 39. (AP) University of California ' at Los Angeles this morning won the debat ing championship of the Pacific For ensic league with a second three to two decision over the University of Southern California duo, giving the winners two decisions out of three contests with tho Trojans. ?' e fr"T-r LET ME HAVE 1 tlti'A-gf tiaaaEakaSta U;iU.IArtt (Oopyrfrlrt, IBM, by Th. Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 3-27 LOC'VX HAVE. TO GCTsTvept I OtO NOT LAKE TH" TONE. OUR ONLV CHfcNfcE ISTOIliil& irT-TTfT ii OUT OF HERE.SKeE.TS. dbOFTMAT TMERJE COMANDANTE. , TRY AND REACrl PiO 5gg-S AN' HOU) Jh HAR. TH.. . t ft: SOMETHING TELLS X HE GlCWE TH' CRLEEPS-I'M FOR NORTE AMO APPEAL. ate1iiSj T7W IK ARe W iL W- ClE 60Wt2 PLANS ? TAKlN' IT QN TH' LAM-MEBBE TO THE AMERICAN 2 1 i GONNA SAVE COnZVS T"Vj TO LINE US UF3 THE5E JA&PER5 OJON'T BE VICE COUNCIL- ESnSW; I f AM MA2--1F lOS IJa. BAO- 1PC-ac&- m. Pfif AfiMNVr A STONE --ieHOOTIN' SO 60CD TONISHT.' SJ'F(W T I H V Vtf Wt OO ESCAPE mtt&m I WALL TOHORRCXj! "fl r' F m" TEN -AND, SAY, HOW MUCH FARTHER IS IT TO THE. LOST CANYON ROAD? " xr fmmmiMmLimmwmvihVJF&&ia ii um I'if-y'i -uke it ea&v across a i iiim ukb th- rnmstrAini9iMnv . 1 1 II II .... 11 I t I LI DROP OFF BRIDGE ASTORIA, Ore.. March 29 AP Details of his desperate escape from 'a submerged automobile after It i had crashed through the gates of an open draw bridge were recounted j today by Edward J. Laney of Astoria as he received treatment for alight injuries. Laney'a car skidded through the protecting gates of the Lewis and Clark bridge on the Oregon Coast highway and plunged 25 feet down I Into 16 feet of water, narrowly mtss- ing the tug. Chief, of Portland, which was going through the open draw. Struggling frantlcly. Laney managed to free himself and reach the surface of the river, where h: was picked up by the tug. He was taken to the same hospital In which Mrs. Laney became a mother three I days ago. ABOUT V YOU HAVE TO TURN J WELL. ILL ITS HARDLY A ROAD. MISTER . " I LM TAKIN THE LOST CANYON !SSSSSsM AROUND AND CjO BE.' I WONDER BUT IF YOO SET YOUR SPEED" 31 ROAD IS TOUGH ENOUGH g BACK -YOU RASSEO HOW THAT OMETER POR FNE MILE IN THE DAYTIAAe WHEN r ' 3 . IT s HAPPENED? I FROHA HERE, YOU CAN'T MHVS THE &UN IS &HININ ' fawwmwwa A-3- .TTtnJ .. A IT-RIGHT HAND TURN AND I I WlU BUT ON A NIGHT atilJKVVUXtuWS SUBURBAN HEIGHTS i pj Ppg DORIKC HE MUDDY SEASON, WhEKI CAREFUL HOUSEHOLDERS LEAVE THEIR- RUBBERS ON HE1R. DOORSTEPS, TRET PERLEY" ACQUIRED A PUPPY AND A LOT" OF "TROUBLE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
