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