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Ji'. J'S'.t 'Ji.j'J.'- PAGE TWO MEDFOTCD MATL TRIBUNE, 'MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1937. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX tot further proof addreas the author, tnelodaf a ttaaaped envelope for reply. Res. V. 8. Pat Off. THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE 0)7 S83M2S3 II3 SSSSKT&tBII) SYNOPSIS: Kay Crandon of. the L02V Wine. rich nirpriiej a desperate voting man preparing to set a orest Ire, and covert him with her pun. She thinks him the firebug the whole county It hunting. The man, Ted Guv nor, hoped to pet a job Ire fight ing to buy ood or his mother End litter. Kay belleoei him when he iav it it hl ftrit at tempt to et a fire. She atkt him to join her outIt and ha grate fully accept. They are juit itart ma off when Tom Runyon, the fire patrol, rides up and eyes Ted euipiciouily. Spotting the brush - pile, Runyon ttridet over to it. Chapter Three Fooling The Fire Patrol KAY turned swiftly to Ted Gay nor. "Go now and get your horse, and make a get-away. Come over to the Lazy Nine this evening, or tomorrow morning." "And leave you here alone to lace the music? Ted Gaynor stub bornly shook his head. "Not me. I'm standing by." "You must do as I sayl Oon't you see you make it harder by stay ing? I can manage much better without you," Kay -urged desper ately. "Hurry I Go now, before he gets to the pile, and tolls you to stay." As Ted still hesitated, Kay re sorted to pleading. "Please! You said 1 wouldn't be sorry for what I've donel And if you insist on staying, I will be sorry." "If you put it that way, I've got to go." Again Kay was surprised by his (low smile, and the way it lighted up his face, wiping out the dogged look of despair, and making it alive end eager. "So long." ' Before she could answer, he was running noiselessly through the woods, and she watched him dis appear down the steep slope, just of amazement and Injured Inno cence, as she gazed disarmingly up at him. "Honestly now, you don t think I look like a firebug, do you?" She ended with a light laugh, crinkling up her nose so that her eyes almost disappeared under her d&rk lushes. "Naturally, I don't think you did it," he answered. "But I'm not so sure about that scrawny guy you had with you." "I give you my word he'll never set a forest Are." Kay heard her voice give this calm assurance with a certain inner amazement. Why was she so sure about this man whom she had actually caught in the act she was trying to shield him from? There was no time to think it out now, but every In-, stinct cried out in her to protect him. Kay's general hunch in life was to follow her intuition first in an emergency, and reason it out. afterwards. "You can come over to the ranch and see him anytime," she added, easily, "that is, any time after to morrow. He isn't going back to night." "Seeing as 7011 vouch for this ?iuncher of yours, I reckon I'll have 0 look somewhere else for my firebug." Tom Runyon turned and walked slowly back beside Kay. "I was going to suggest riding back with you," he added ruefully, "but my hunch is to stick around here and wait for whoever set that pile to come and finish off the Job." "That's Just what I thought you'd do!" Kay tried to cover the relief in her tone with a flattering note of admiration. "Sure it's what I'm going to do," Runyon answered with a pleased laugh. "You can trust me to be Johnny-on-the-spot, even in the face of such temptation." He made her a gallant bow. There's Seth To Persuade KAY felt a vague sense of with" drawal from his admiring glance, but she smiled back at him as she picked -up Flicker's reins ' 7K 4 n WJ4 hi k -I I 1 ' ..." I 3 Waving her hand, Kay gave Flicker a touch of her heel and was off. is a shout from Tom Runyon rang out from the opposite direction. "What is it?'1 she called, in an iwer to a second imperative shout. "I'm coming." Walking swiftly toward him, she summoned all her forces to meet the difficult situation ahead. Unless she kept her wits, she, too, would be Involved in the ugly sus picion that that pile of brush was lure to raise. Intuition As Guide T OOK at thlsl'1 Tom Runyon a- called grimly, as she came in sight. Then, seeing her alone, he added, "Where's that guy that was with you?" "t sent him on ahead," Kay an swered easily, surprised at the calmness of her tone, considering the way her heart was pounding. "What have you found?'f "I've found plenty, and I want to ask that bird some questions." He raised his voice again in a pro longed shout, '.'Come back here!" "He won't hear you," Kay broke In. "He's well on his way down the ridge by this time. You mean" she gave a well feigned start of surprise at the pile of brush Run yon pointed out, "you mean, you think someone was setting a Are here?" "I don't think; I know." Tom Runyon began kicking the pile of brush to scatter it. "Well, you don't think I or one of my punchers did it, do you?" Kay's voice held a perfect mixture and grasped the saddle to mount Swinging into the saddle before he had a chance to help her, she an swered gravely, "I'm mighty glad we have such a dependable new fire patrol." "You bet you have," Tom Run yon boomed in a gratified voice, "and you can depend on another thing, too. He Isn't going to let any grass grow under nls feet before he accepts that invitation to come over to the Lazy Nine." "We'll be glad to see you any time," Kay answered. Waving her hand, she gave Flicker a touch of her heel and was off. Her thoughts filled with the strange events of the afternoon as she absent-mindedly guided Flick er down the steep trail. She gave him free rein as they reached the range, and he broke into an easy canter. There was tlpie now to consider more calmly her impulsive action in shielding Ted Gaynor, and plan lust how she was going to explain him to Seth Jordan, her foreman. Seth had been a member of the Lazy Nine outfit since before Kay was born, and she could always depend on .his devotion and loy alty, but it was going to take some Ingenuity to persuade him that they needed a new puncher right now. fCor-lrtsnl, tl. Mori, lie Utrvcui) A mysterious lire destroys Kay's ranch hoaee, tomorrow. STUDY OF EROSION BEGUN IN TEXAS; 30-YEAR PROJECT MAHLW, Tex. (trp) Wort has be gun nine milee north or Martin on the Brushy creek watershed studies, one of 10 projects being established by the department ot agriculture sou conservation service. Already the government haa pur chased B4U acres or land tor t!ie project at a cost ot S76.OO0. In ad dition. It la estimated that buildings to be erected win cost $30,000 and the project will have an annual pay roll ot nearly S&0.000 tor Its expected lite of 30 yean. Detailed observation and experi ments In erosion, rainfall, water con trol, run-orr. sous and conservation methods will be under tlie direction of Ralph W. Bnlrd. msnager. Balrd formerly was connected with the Tyler. Texas, sol! erosion control experiment station and succeeded D B. Krlmitolf, assistant director of watershed studies projects lo Well ington. Krlmgolf supervised the first or the 10 projects authorised by con gress In Coshocton county, Ohio, In 1030. The Brushy crees project la co operating with the Texas experiment station of A. ex M. college and the Temple, Texas, and Tyler soil at, tlona. In addition to the 841. S acres purchased by the government, co operative agreements will be made In Falls county tor observation on 3,000 acres surrounding the project site for checking and comparative purposes. Eight structures will be built on the project. They are a dormitory, meteorological building. Implement shed, gaa and oil storage building, laboratory, kitchen, motor ve.ilcle shei and a maintenance building. The structures will be of aemt-8nan-Ish architecture and will be fire proof. An admlnistrat.'ve building has been completed. Wark haa been In progress at the project for nearly a year. Ten new all-weather roads and three foot trails have been built so that ob server can reach gaualntt stations In wet weather. Five maj,r gauging stations have been constructed along Bruahy creek channel and a large number of smaller onee will be built along this 'cieek and It tributaries. About 100 ra:n ssugea have be-n installed, with a number being ut the self recording type. femous plouiMenht NPglS out op fv J. lip aW fW a4a 'aJM w Hi M . Vf-r nLf l& 801.6$ IN OHt . HUGH BELL- ' Dallasfett$)CounftiiCliik Kim ssvtn i unt6.iu.n16 . i' - 1 ri I wm,!. n iiva-i-w(ifc jm v fcti iikiAisivrctAi 1. 31 QUIT The 1 i . rv Queen of France, vPmt MomeR op 2 Queetifm. 3 FRWCH fWCTS, 3 OF THE KINGS hi 1-&-37 Catherine 1C MeUlct Mothr love was a non-exlstn quality In the warped soul or Cather ine de' Medici. Ambitious and Jeal ous to a point bordering on Insanity, she left a black chapter In the his tory of Europe's royalty. The daughter or a Florentine no bleman, Catherine married the Duke of Orleans, later Henry II of Prance, at the age ot 14. Of the children resulting from the marriage, two daughters became queens and three aona became kings. The two queen daughters were Margaret of Valols and Elisabeth. The former married Henry of Nevarre, afterward Henry IV, and the latter married Philip II of Spain. Catherine's eldest son, Francis, sue-i died In 1689, the same year as his ceeded his father to the PTench mother. throne as Francis II. During his reign of one year (1559-1560), he was under the complete domination of his mother. When he tried to exert his own will, Catherine stopped him with threats and alliances with his enemies. Weakened by the dissipa tion which Catherine encouraged in all her children to give her power over them, he died and was succeeded by hli brother, Charles IX. Charles' 14-year reign was one of bloodshed and trouble, sponsored chiefly by his mother. Henry IV, another of Cath erine's sons, was crowned after Charles' death. His reign was as wretched as those of his brothers. He Near East Paradox The most western part of Yugo slavia la the point of the Near East nearest the United States. It Is thousands of miles more distant from the United States than the Hawaiian Islands, a part of the geological di vision known as the Far East. ... Potato Whlttler Originator of an almost entirely new form of plow In the early 1800's, Jethro Wood, ot Dartmouth, Mass., oarved his designs for it out of raw potatoes and wood. His plow revo lutionized the agricultural implement Industry. NARCOTIC RING HEAD CONFESSES IN JAPAN OSAKA, Japan, July 8 (AP) Po lice announced today Sanehlko Ma chlda had confessed he waa the ring leader of an International narcotic ring which smuggled 600 coses ot va rious narcotics Into western Ameri can .ports. The narcotics, police said Machldo. declared, were bought In Osaka la belled aa "finest candles" or "choice soy sauce' ror Chinese brokers, who then smuggled them into San Fran cisco, Seattle and other North and South American ports. FAVOR DR. LIGHTON AS DEAN OF PHYSICAL ED EUOENE, Ore., July 8. (AP) Dr. Ralph W. Llghton, professor of edu catlon at the University of Oregon. will be recommended for dean of physlaal education as successor to Dr. John F. Bovrd, who will vacate the post September 80, Dr. C. Valen tine Boyer, university president, said today. The recommendation will be sub mitted to the next meeting of the state board of higher education July 27, Dr. Bovard Is leaving here to be come professor of physical education at the Untverslty of California. 7-2 Wl-fri THEIR REGULAR PITCHER HOME SICK. 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