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MEDFOTCD MATL TRIBUNE, 'MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1937.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE
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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 '
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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.
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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
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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.
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H1LLCREST HURRICANES FRANKLV DlDN'f KNOW
What Td do, When after every member of
The team had had a torn pitching fifteen runs
had been scored on eighteen consecutive bases
. on balls, and still n0b0dv was 001'
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