PXGE ETGHT
MEDFORD-MAIL TRIBUTE, MEDFORU, OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1935-
READY MADE Wlft
BY CORALIE STANTON- M
:.'OPSIS: Laurie and Asj
,j--r have on' pretended to be
i '.nrried, to that Rex may hold
down hia job with Mark Albery.
lint now Gavin Drake has cabled
Australia, where the wed din 0 tcai
fipposed to have taken place, and
1 Jouvd there was none, lie tries
blackmailing Rer, clthnut mcceta.
Xaw h has none to Rer'e employer,
u-ho has indicated that he tcilt
littrn to hie atory, Albery ft? love
u;Uh Laurie.
Chapter 28
SILENCE BOUGWT
"AS I understand you are behind
Moore, air," Drake went on,
"and financing him, I feel you ought
to know that he Is deceiving you and
everybody else who has been making
Fuch a fuss over him. He Is making
a fool of all the world. He Is not
married to that girl he is living with.
He never was."
111,
"Indeed!" Albery showed ofaly
faint surprise, "Are you sura of that,
Mr. Drake?"
"Positive. I had my doubts all the
time, since I came over from Aus
tralia. My paper would naturally
have welcomed a story about Rex
Moore. So I cabled a friend In Syd
ney to make enquiries, and the
answer Is that there is no record of
any marriage between Rex Moore
and any woman, either in Sydney or
anywhere in Warrabtllo County,
where the bride was supposed to
have been living."
"Dear me, that Is certainly strange
Albery had got the hang of It by
now. He knew that the young man
ban been to Rex Moore and been
heavily turned down. His own mind
was immediately made up. "I sup
pose you have evidence that you can
give me?"
"Certainly, sir, I consider It a
shameful fraud on the public. Moore
has dragged this young woman Into
decent society under false pretences.
Why. I am told that she baa been
working in your own firm for years!
It seems a disgraceful business all
round. I did not feel It right to leave
you in the dark." Ho handed Albery
a bundle of papers. "Here are my
friend's statements by cable."
Albery examined them with ap
parently absorbed interest But his
mind was busy with his own affairs.
This might be true, or It might not
It probably was. This unpleasant
young man evidently bore a grudge
against Moore. He must have gone
to great trouble and expense to get
these farts.
"T OOK here, Mr. Drake." he said.
after a few moments, with the
quick smile that gave such charm to
bis Impassive Eastern face, "I am
glad you came to me. I suppose your
Idea was naturally that you might
turn It to your advantage and raise
the circulation of your newspaper
by sending them a most Intriguing
story?"
This was not true. The young
man's one idea tonight had been to
damage Rex Moore In his employer's
fight. But Albery's words presented
another possibility.
"Well, sir, things have been going
badly with me," he stammered.
"You see. It's not so easy for me to
get work." llo mentally Indicated his
empty sleeve. "A really good scoop
would be a great thing for me. but.
of course, I can t say I'd really
thought of that."
"1 am glad you came to me," talc
Albery suavely, "because I am mors
Interested than most people In Rex
Moore and his career. For the mo
ment I don't want his activities In
terfered with. You see, his private
life cannot affect his Job. As a man.
Mr. Drake, you must understand
that
"I am expecting him to do some
good work for me and for aviation
In general. But I quite see that you
could have profited materially by
your Information In giving It to the
Press. Nothing pays like a good
scandal nowadays. So that I am pre
pared In fact, I feel I owe It to you,
Mr. Drake to maka up to you for
your loss.
"In return for your promise not
to mention these facta about Rex
Moore to the press, or to any Indi
vidual, In print or by word of mouth,
I will pay you what you might have
expected as remuneration at the mo
ment. How much would that be?"
"Well, I really couldn't say, sir.
I'm sure you're very kind. I don't
like taking money, but I've had a
bad time."
"Shall me say two hundred
pounds, Mr. Drake?"
"I'm sure It's very generous, sir."
"And," added Albery very delib
erately, "I shall bo glad of any
further Information on the subject I
will make It worth your while. Now,
I hope we U"deratand each other. You
can ring ma up and make an appoint
ment at any time. I expect you
would prefer notes to a check. I
think I have enough In my sate. I
will go and fetch it"
A FEW mlnutea later the black
mailer waa gone.
A sorry creature, reflected Albery,
but ha would have made use of the
devil himself In such a cause.
If his story was true, then, Laurie
Moora was a liar and a cheat. She
had been associated with Rex Moore
In Australia, but the rumor of their
marriage was untrue, and when she
thonght he waa dead, she had posed
as his wife, In order to make as
much as she could out of It
And Moore, when he came back
and found her In England, bad for
given her the deception, becausa it
suited him.
That did not make her any less
desirable In Albery's eyes. It did not
cool the flame of bis passion for her.
In fact, It brought her nearer to
him. even though ha knew that she
loved Rex Moore. In spite of his In
fatuation, ha did not want to marry
her. If thla were true, then it gave
him a better chance.
Against Rex Moora bis account
was piling up. Rex Moora had made
a fool of him. Rex Moore had the
woman he wanted. ,
His self-esteem w-as wounded, and
It made him pitiless.
From that moment the Idea took
root In his mind, and from that
moment his whole energies were
bent to carry It out Fixed, Implaca
ble, merciless; It became an obses
sion. Rei Moore must be got out of th
way.
Rex Moore answered the telephone
in the Chelsea flat about six o'clock
In the evening, a few days later.
"Is that you, Rex? Laurie speak
ing. I shan't be able to get back tor
dinner. Mr. Albery has to work
late."
Moora frowned at the Instrument
fOplrtpM, .15, CorclU iwlnl
g.ta a difficult Ignmint, ,
Monday.
LAND RETIREMENT
WAPHINOTOV. Aug. fl. (AP)
Funds to take some land out of pro
duction and put other arrts Into use
wrr Included today tn 40.350.000 of
work relief money which Prwldfnt
RooMVlt allotted to the rural Mttle
ment admJ nitration and the reels
nation bureau.
Works officials said the program
was In tine with tha president's pol
icy of taking tn acres out of produc
tion f..r each acre put Into cultiva
tion through reclamation and irriga
tion projects.
With some of the 123,000.000 which
Mr. Iloaevelt gave it today, the re
settlement administration intends to
retire land from farming and develop
It for recreational purposes, game
refuges, and the like.
It was announced that the aim of
the reclamation bureau, which re
ceived 16.350.000. is to put 100.000
acres of land Into cultivation In one
or two years.
BAN rHANClPCO, Any. fl(AP
Three seperste steps have been taken
by the federal government to call a
sharp halt to the Influx of unem
ployed transients Into California, It
was announced her todav bv Frank
V. McLaughlin, state relief adminis
trator. First, he said, transients register
ing after August 1 will not be eligible
for work under the new works pro
gress administration program. Sec
ond, Issuance of direct relief funds to
transient registering after that date
has been forbidden. Third, expected
Increases in civilian conservation
corps enrollment will cut down tran
sient rolls.
McLaughlin said' non-resident tran
sients who registered prior to August
1 will continue to receive aid from
the federal emergency relief adminis
tration, however.
KEYS and expert i.x-k r pairing
Mediord Cycler;, 33 N. FU, PZl mt
AT LAKE IN JULY
CRATER LAKE KATTONAX PARK,
Ore.. Aug. 6. ifipl.) A total of 32.
014 people In 9,837 automobiles vis
ited Crater Lake during July, official
travel figures reveal. This total la a
substantial lnorease over July a year
ago and Included visitors from every
stat in the union and a number of
foreign countries.
The blggeM travel day of the month
brought 3.326 people on the Fourth
of July, with every Sunday having
attendances ranging from 1,500 to
2,000 people. Stage and rail travel
showed an Increase of 89.7 per cent,
most of which t attributed to more
extensive travel by easterners. R. W.
Price, manager of the Crater Lake Na
tional Park company, related yester
day that July brought more hotel
and cabin reservations then the en
tire season of 1934. August is ex
pected to be even better, with the
busiest day on the 7th, which un
doubtedly will be the busiest In the
history of the park company. In view
of present reservations. (
July also witnessed the arrival of
a number of educational tours, the
largest of which was the Southwest
ern College or University Tours, orig
inating in Georgia. It brought over
300 persons In six buses for short
visits.
at the Transcontinental At Western
airport aerej showed water In the
gasoline.
A passenger plana which refueled
here Saturday was landed In a grove
of trees 20 miles east of here a few
minutes later when fuel lines appar
ently became clogged.
ROOSEVELT NOMINATES
Water In Gasoline
Brings Plane Down
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Aug. 6. (VP)
James L. Kinney, department of com
merce Inspector, snnounced today
that tests of underground fuel tanks
WASHINGTON. Aug. . (AP)
Ernest Gallaudet Draper of New York
was nominated by President Roose
velt today for assistant secretary of
commerce.
The President also submitted a
number of other sppolntmenta to the
senate.
CJ'irlea H. March of Minnesota was
reappointed to the trade commission
for a term of seven years.
The following were named regional
directors of the rural settlement ad
ministration: Walter Packard, California; Elmer
A. Starch, Montana: J. J. Jenkins.
Colorado; and Rex E. Wlllard, Washington.
State Will Save
On Bridge Bonds
SALEM. Aug. . (Jp) The federal
government today Informed the rtat
highway commission It would resell
4.200,000 bonds for the five Oregon
coast bridges, to the state at par with
accrued Interest.
The state has been psylng four per
cent to the federal government for
these bonda. With repurchase at par,
the state will save considerable Interest.
IN FULL OPERATION
SALEM, Aug. 6. fAP) Full opera
tion of the marketing agreements
and codes under the state agricul
tural set will be expected by the di
rector of agriculture and the gover
nor, S. T. White declared today. He
addressed a communication to this
effect to the heads of the 11 market
Ing codes now In force.
The director stated ha had many
Inquiries since the Multnomah
County Circuit Court had ruled the
act unconstitutional and the case was
appealed to the Supreme Court The
court ordered fulfilment of the agree.
merits, however, pending the Supreme
court decision. The case Is now pend
lng before the high tribunal.
GLAND EXPERT KILLED
LOS ANGELES. Aug. . (AP)
Slipping and tailing with a shotgun
which ho had been firing at clay
pigeons, guests said Dr. Clayton P.
Wheeler, 60. a pioneer of gland sur
gery In -h West, was killed yesterday
aboard his power cruiser Siesta 12
miles at sea off Balboa.
Witnesses said the gun was dis
charged Into Dr. Wheeler's neck as he
fell, after firing at the clay targets
hurled from the boat out over the
ocean. Beach authorities said they
were satisfied the shooting was accidental.
HELPING TO PACK
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
ASK4 MOfrtER CAH HE
HaP HER PACKjAHD 16
-Told fo briJ6 he pile
or OMrlES FflOM HIS
BRTN6S PILE, WHICH
ISN'T "CHE PILE TO 60
iNfo Yrunk, mother.
MEAMf-H? BRIN6fHE
PILEfHWOSlnEBEP
KHJRKS 1b HIS ROOM MOLD VK, AND -J&HBM
AND SHOUTS tf l6NT0rl W, AND CARRIES IN HIS
fog BEP , lfS ON A BOA-f . A5KIK6 CAH SHE
CHAIR BESIDE THE BED- PACK rf, HE'D LIRE TO
IS THAT WriAf SHE MEANS? -foXE IfALOfte
AFTER SbME ARfeUMErlf
reTorks boat To Hie.
ROOM and picks op
PILE OF CLOTHES
MOTHER CRIES 1b LOOK
OUT HE'S TRAILIUS Mt
OF HIS SHIRKS. PlVES
FOR. IT
RESCUES SHIRT Bltt"
SPIUS FESTOF
ARMFUL
ft ASKED TO HELP
MOTHER 6T THE PACKIftei
pome &v 60in6 out ip
plaV
Use Mall rriou-n want ad. I dental. " ' 9.-S .Oopyrtett, lflSe, by The Bell Byndloate, Inc.) .UHiuAflSl
BETTER POP- - ByC.M.Payra,
" imi ft fai ! (Copyright, 1835, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
TAILSPIN TOMMY Bound for Del Segundol " By Hal Forrest
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, By Sol Hesi
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THE BUNGLE FAMILY Rough Reformers
By Harry J. Tuthill
RcBEL OF
V EQE JO
BY A ROCKET
VISITOR'S
REQUESTS FOR
DIRECTIONS
IN TIME
TK6T THEY
ELECTED HIM
A REFORM
LEADER
OF THE
YEAR
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par.id with this f
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Ifind cu where
a l am ...ana
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riuwnruuuuw
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Fellow Reds
forward! Oi
to the very r
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are we ..who are
we are the men
of 73..
Dictatress
look!
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m-law Shall we, as rWl that o'd-fashioned
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cvLt s be real
touAh.
usual, salaam ff ,. Jz
until she tr T H L
passes r'iSf " &J?-&?-
You Reds!
Anarchists!
The idea
Refusing to
salaam to me.
I ve Opt all
your
numbers
III saeril'.K.
VAn-hh we're not ,
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about) "Tg.
riht boys.
s striKg up
battle sons...
T real ioua.