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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1935
HIGH COURAGE
by Jeanne
Chapter 4S
LUKE'S PLAN
JOHN NEUMAN laughed. For a
young man usually ao self-pos-eased,
he seemed singularly embar
rassed. "Anyway," said he, "the sailor
said that the doctor and his wife
made an examination and gave the
patient something. Then he regained
consciousness, and demanded an at
torney at once; said he knew he was
oing to die and that he had to pro
tect his daughter before then "
Anne found tears stinging her
eyes. Luke hadn't been trying to pro
tect the canneries, but her. His last
thought, his last breath almost, were
- spent tor her sake.
"The sailor said he figured he
ought to get out but he didn't want
to wade the creek to make It and
decided to wait and see If he couldn't
sneak out the door, later.
"The attorney came In, and the
dying man and he were closeted
alone for awhile.
"The patient, whom the sailor
Identified as Luke Farnsworth, told
the attorney that he felt his daugh
ter was about to marry a man who
waited her for her money only. Mr.
Farnsworth said he had been look-
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He knew he was
Ing for proof that the man waa using
his position with the canneries, to
make money for himself; that he'd
found him deceitful, oven cruel.
"Luko was afraid the man would
Insist upon marrying the girl Imme
diately upon his death, purportedly
to protect her, and that he would
wiost the ownership of the canner
ies away from her, In time, and aside
from the cruel treatment of which
he was capable, would leave her
penniless.
"TTB felt that If he pretended to
" leave hor with only an allow
ance which would enable her to live
comfortably In the borne he was
weaving nis nroioer, me man in ques- k
tlon, one Rob Crocker, would not go
through wilh the marriage, and that
before flnnl disposition of the estate
was made, she would have found
him out, and would have turned to
someone more fitted to the fine
womanhood she represented.
"Farnsworth also asked the attor
ney to watch his daughter, and
should she attempt to marry Croc
ker, to see she didn't without first
ascertaining whether or not a wo
man living with Crocker's parents,
near Hoseburg. was Crorker's first
wife, and If the child, living there
was not Crocker's son."
"That's why ho would never take
me to his people," Anne interjected.
"I kept Insisting that we st least
drive out to see them, and Ron al
ways found some excuse."
"Roll always would find some ex
cuse. Anne." said Kellogg. "But the
more you hear about his activities
for the last few months, the less you
think of his brains. I've never seen
such a fool idea."
Anne smiled a little shamefacedly
"You're right as usualhut the plan
almost worked so far as I was con
cerned." "How could you know?" demand
ed John N'cuman loyally, and the
.Judge smiled a Utile private smile
bs he watched tho young man and
Anne. John wont on:
"Luke Farnsworth learned that
day, here In Astoria, that his first
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terior power to withdraw (Hfft.in? lands
from use. was chHf rwvl In a tuit
filMl In federal court here tortiy.
The suit w.ia brought hy J Ah
olo. eastern Oregon ,.ieernnn Hcr
cld L. I-'kea, secretary the interior;
F. R C.irpenJer. director of firtzint?.
and Crl C. Donauxh, United SMt-
Lttorney here, we:e among the i&
pervjn name-."! p. ."..Mill's.
Amo.o owns lare flvJts of sheep
in Herney. Crook and Orant counties
His complaint declared custom nd
uage have allowed him to um the
public domain for (rra?in his sheep,
and his fio-Xs must : destroyed if
auch use la denied him lie said the
ia!u! ol his water rights and Uinrt.i
will be lost If the rulrs promulgated
by Secrelaiy Icfcce two enforced
He knew he was going to die.
Bowman,
.iie had gained a divorce for cruel
ty, and that Crocker's parents, rec
ognizing the truth of her charges,
had taken ber In."
"I told him," Tecla put In meekly,
"I could not have my brother's baby
made unhappy by such a man."
"Farnsworth said then, that ha
might be wrong. He had no -definite
proof of the charges, but that If
Crocker were the man his daughter
thought him, he would marry her
and by the time the live years were
up, he would have proved himself
worthy.
'"TpHEN here comes the Important
part, ll, wnnin mai time,
Crocker married any other woman,
and Anne Farnsworth was con
vinced of his duplicity, she would
come Into Immediate control of all
the Farnsworth properties, with
Ansel Kellogg acting as general ad
vlser and administrator, until such
time as Kellogg felt she was capa
ble of carrying on alone,
"Certain bequests wore Itemized
and these were to be made at that
time."
He paused a moment, then went
on. "When I reached port, after my
Alaskan trip, I found things In pret
ty bad shape. The men were badly
riled up over Crocker's alleged use
of a bootleg trap.
going to die,
'I asked the loader how Crocket
got by with these things; why Lee,
n general manager, didn't see that
Luke's Instructions that fishermen
have preforenco woren't carried out.
"Ho told me that Lee had In re.
allty retired, that Crocker, his son-in-law,
was carrying on his. work.
"Naturally, having heard the
sailor's story, I was Interested and
asked him how he knew.
"It seems that Crocker has been
a marked man among all fishermen
along the coast, because of his treat
ment of them, so when the Ahtl put
Into Hoqlam. after a trip up the
coast, some fishermen, trailing her,
put in after them.
"They found that Crocker, Miss
S bar lee Farnsworth, Tom and
Mabel Farnsworth, went Immediate,
ly to the courthouse.
"After they'd left, they had a Finn
ish friend working there check up,
and he discovered that Crocker had
married Rharlee. They'd asked for
no publicity, saying the marriage
followed a death in the immediate
family."
"Oh," cried Anne. "I don't care In
the least whom Hob Crocker mar
rles -but to use Luke and Luclnda'i
deaths as a means of keeping the
thing quiet Is too much."
Judge Kellogg frowned. "The
trouble with you la that you don't
realize that some people have
neither honor, honesty nor even
manners. Personally, I shouldn't be
surprised at anything Crocker did,
even murdor."
Anne winced at the word "mur
der." It brought back the day of
Lee Farnsworth's death too vividly,
and tho thought that hut for a swing
ing wave, she herself would have
been the victim.
"Anyway," John continued, "I
knew that at last matters had got
ten beyond anything I or my friends
could do. There waa bound to bo
violence. And I was desperate."
(Cnpiripht, jp.ts. by JrnMtie Bou-mnn)
Th niyttery of Judqa Kll3ag'l
uddtn rturn Is explained tomor
row. WIFE, BABY SLAIN
GLOBE. Arlr, Dec. Iff. (AP) Earl
Gardner, 30-ear-old Apache Indian,
killed hta wife and baby because he
didn't want to care for the Infant
while his wife went to cruircto Sun
day, pollre said tods?.
Clardner. In a fit or aimer, allegedly
harked his wife and baby to death
with and axe. then surrendered to
Salvador Orant. Indian police officer
on the San fari reservation, where
the double slaying occuired.
Oarner returned to the reservation
a year ago after servm seven years
In federal penitentiary at Laeven
worth. Kas . for fatally stabhtng
Francis Knuht. another Apache,
during a drunken brawl.
"I wasn't drunk this time." Orant
said Gardner told him. "I was Just
crazy."
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along political line, with Republi
cans assailing hLe Canadian treaty
attitude and the Democrats praising
the AAA.
"It is unfortunate," said Senator
Stelwer (R., Ore.) "that the prealdent
regards American criticism of obvi
ous defects In the recent Canadian
treaty as 'lspenaers of dlsoocd' end
'calamity howler..
"This unfriendly attitude Is bright
ened by the faint assurance that Can
ada and the United States will join
In correcting Inequalities, the exist
ence of which the president doubts."
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cated In the head. Insects have a
number of nerve-knots, called gang
lia, which serve as minor brains
for the organs nearest them.
For years, although the town of
Grand Canyon, Artzona, was built on
the banks of a fresh water stream
where, year in and year out, fresh
pure water suitable for domestic
uses Towed, the town had to have
all Its water supply brought In by
railroad tank car 70.000 gallons
every day shipped In from wells
100 miles away.
The explanation Is this: The river
Ready for Action 1
Senator McNary of Oregon, the Re
publican leader, expressed "regret that
the president did not touch upon a
permanent agricultural policy, as this
Is the all-Important phase of the sub
ject."
He declared, however, the presl
dent's promise to correct inequalities
In the Canadian treaty was "reaasur
rng because there are noticeably
ber of Inequalities which should ap
peal to the preaiflent for action.
WHEEL OOOnS BverytWnjr that
rolls at prices that will surprUe you,
81m Bros., 33 N. nr.
sia the Colorado, and the bank
upon which the town was located
waa the rim of the Grand Canyon
It was almost a mile straight
down to the river. It waa cheaper
to bring water In by the tralnload
than raise It up from the nearby
river.
Now. however, residents of Grand
Canyon are using water from the
Colorado river. A pumping station
has been Installed to force the wa
ter up the canyon wall to the
town.
Tomorrow: The, Seven -In -One
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