Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1937)
PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, M"EDFORD, OKEGOy. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1937, THE WORLD AT ITS WORST By GLUYAS WILLIAMS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX Tot farther proof addren the author, inclosing t stamped envelope for reply. Bee. V. 8. Pit Oft. SYNOPSIS: Kay CniuUm o; th Lazy Nine impulsively hir Ted Gaynor, a joMei puncher. He he!p her fight Josh Hastings, a "friendly" neighbor Mho uianu to buv her ranch and marry Kay. Ted pummels Scrap Johnson, cowhand who molested Kay. They shoot it out, wounding each other. Hastings sneaks up and killi Scrap with Ted's pun. A ' girl named Marion finds Ted and her mining saves hit lie. He is arretted and about to be con victed of Scrap's murder when Kay stops the trial by a technical protest. Hasting kidnaps Kay, locks her in a cellar and tries to force her to agree to marriage. Chapter 42 Kay' In Trouble I TED'S first reaction, when Joe had taken him back to his cell and left him, was an immense relief and thankfulness for the de lay that, for the moment, crowded out thoughts of anything else. There was no doubt In Ted's mind that if the case had gone to the jury then, the verdict would have been guilty. But for Kay, all hope would be gone. For a few minutes, thoughts of Kay filled his mind. How sweet she had looked! And how hurt and wistful her eyes had been as they met his hard, scornful glance that passed her by. Yet, how could she expect him to look or feel any other way? In spite of his deep resentment against Kay, he felt a glow of pride as he remembered how straight and defiant she had stood, as she challenged Sam Cut ter. She hadn't stopped to measure what people might think after that remark of Sam Cutter's about Ted having fought Scrap Johnson lor something He had said about a "red-headed flllyl" Naturally, everyone would know she was the girl involved, after that. But, in spite of it, she had proudly ignored the possibility of gossip, and had gained him this respite. Ted's eyes narrowed, as he fo oussed his thought on just what advantage the change of venue of the trial might bring him. His first Instinctive relief was premature, after all. The same forces that had undermined him here, would be brought to bear at the new trial And If the Jury In Idaho had not been impressed with the truth of his story, why did he hope to impress a Montana jury? Ted clenched his hand and struck it fiercely against his cot as though sealing a sudden decis ion. Just sitting passively wasn't going to get him out of this messl He'd had proof at this trial that the knowledge of his own inno cence wasn't enough; and while he stayed In jail, how was he ever going to find new evidence to con ' vince anyone else of it? For the thousandth time, he prowled around his cell, trying to find some loophole of escape. He could hear the crowds that had come out of the court room tramp ing past outside. Through the small grated window, high up in one side, he could catch bits of conversation and comments about the trial, but there was no chance there of making a break. Even if he could have succeeded in wrenching the grating out of place, the opening was too small for him to squeeze himself through. Some way or other, he must find his chance while they were trans porting him from Idaho over into Montana. He must play the role of being pnssivelj acquiescent, and then watch his chance to make a break. For a long time ha thought out the possible openings there might be. When Joe brought him nis lunch, he tried to find out whether they were going to take him around by train, or ovr the trail pn horseback. But If Joe knew, ht refused to telL Two Voices IT WAS along some time In the afternoon that Ted's attention was attracted by two voices, in angry altercation outside his win dow. The crowds had ceased to pass by, and the small alley way that ran along the side of the jail had long since been deserted and quiet. Impelled by a sudden curiosity, Ted dragged his cot over under the window, and stood up on It to listen to what the two men below were saying. The window was too high for him to see out. but he could distinctly hear their voices, which had now dropped to hoarse whispers. "Shut up, I tell yuhl" one of them growled. "I won't go divirs with yuh at all, it yuh're goin' to be a fool." "The red head was a dead game little sport, the other voice pro tested, and at his words, Ted's idle curiosity changed to tens atten tion. "I m for getting her out of a mess like that." "Yuh do, and everything's over between usl" The first voice frowled. "And when I say 'over,' mean 'over!' Get me?" Ted heard a shuffling movement, then the second voice gave sullen assent. "All right. Have It your own way! Where'd you say she was?" "I ain't just rightly sure. Here's the story. I was upstairs in Red's joint, looking out the window and I seen the kid that upset the trial running down the street. All of a sudden, she falls flat, and this Has tings guy, who! Deen running Bfta- k., ninl,. hat. i.n anrl nitpltAE Site Ml, JllklU, 1,1 ut B1u f her into his car and heads for the north end of town. Being kind of curious, I gets down in record time and on my cayuse tnat s waiting there, and Doints after him. He's got too much head start, though, and I loses track of him. Tm lust about decldln that there's no business in it for me, when I sees his car headed for the station. The Overland's just about due, and I gives chase. He leaves his car this side of the track and runs over to the platform where there s quite a crowd minin aDout, that's come from the trial. The train comes in, before I gets across the track, and while I m waitin' for It to pass, I have a look at the car. It's empty. "I hang around until the train has started, and he comes back talking with a guy. He says. I ve just got Kay Crandon off on a train. That's where I smells a rat in earnest, because I know damn well he hasn t got ner oil on tne train. So, I high-tails it back to the north end of town, and do a bit of investigating on my own. And I'm satisfied he's got her hid in Ran Simpkin's deserted blacksmith shop there. That information's worth money, boy. And he's got enough dough to pay through the nose!" Standing at rigid attention thrniiuh this rppitnl. TVH fplt a surge of rage through him that sent the blood pounding into his bead, so that for a moment the sound of the voices outside was drowned out. When he heard them again, they were moving off, and had changed the subject "Yeah. The fire's been burning five days, now. Creepin' up toward the Bitter Root, they say. Thev sent out a call for Runyon to " the voices died off in the distance Ted. after listening to the retreat ing footsteps, stepped, heavily down from the cot. 'He'll Go Easy Enough' THE astonishing information that he had overheard filled Ted with desperate resolve. If he had determined to make a break before, it was a thousand times more necessary now. All memory of Kay s treacher ous betrayal of his hiding place was wiped out of his mind, as Ted thought of her present predica ment. The fact that she was at Josh Hastings' mercy made it all the more devastating. Somehow. somehow, he had to get free to save her! He dragged his cot back to Its original position, and paced back and forth, listening with strained nerves for any sound in the cor ridor. At last a door opened at the far end, and he heard Sam Cut ter's voice, then the tramp of foot steps. Hon go easy enough," Sam Cutter was saying. "Too bad you missed taking him on the Over land, but you'll make better time now, cutting across the mountains You can take the same horse that brought him over." ' O.K., Zeke Farley answered Which cel is he in?" Ted dropped down on his cot and looked up with an expression of stupid apathy as the two sher iffs appeared at the door. "Why in hell couldn t you have finished up the trial here?" he de manded Irritably. "For Pete's sake get a move on and get me over to Montana where I can get this business cleared up once and for all!" Sam Cutter threw a significant look toward Zeke Farley as though saying, "You seel I told you, you wouldn't have any trouble." "Believe me. we're not wasting any time." Zeke Farley stepped over to Ted. "How about my put ting you on parole?" '1 got here all right, didn't I?" Ted snapped. "Ask the sheriff there." "Sure he did," Sam Cutter an swered, adding with thinly veiled sarcasm. "I'm not afraid of a pris oner giving me the slip, when I've got my gun on mel" "Neither am I," Zeke Farley countered grimly. "Come on." (Copyright, ISST, UarU d N'ervoiMi; In a daring break, Ted escapes, tomorrow- APPLEGATE FARM PROVIDES PICKLES BIO APPI.FOATE (Ppl A glimpse t the Journey of a little cucumber from Ha shady ret rent In the field to It bottled dlrvplny of dignity on the. grocer's shelf la afforded the victor Inspecting the E. H. Taylor farm where, 30 acree of cucumber are being harvested. Row upon row of healthy green vines stretching Heroes moist dandy soil constitutes (he county's most extensive cucum twr acreage. Csrold J. Parker of Med ford, oil known producer of Parker'a potato chip and other food products, is apsoclaied with Mr. Taylor In the project, having contracted his entire crop. Mr. Parker haa a portion of his pickling equipment set up at th" Taylor ranch where from a ton snd a half to four tons of ruc.im brra ara handled dally from thf field. At the present 100 barrels of dill are In the making, and Mr Taylor hopes to supply a thousand barrels during the season, which will end about mld8eptemher. Huge quant! tie of cucumbers are In salt stock, where they remain for 30 or 40 days. Following this process they will be made into aweot, mustard, and other kinds of pickles, Includ ing rellshee., which development Mr. Parker will complete at his South Riverside plant In Med ford. Cucumbers are trucked In lug boxe from the field and poured Into a vat, where they are washed and graded. Mr. Parker, who has carried on hla present occupation for 11 yeara, says his pickles win be sold from Rugcne to Redding. Cal.. to stores and Jobber and in barrels to buyers who will repack them. Twenty workers are engaged In the harveat at present, 14 of th being employed as pickers. They are kept busy continuously, progressing over the same vtnea every third day. One man ts employed to do the irrigating alone, covering the ground once every 34 hours. Mr. Taylor planted 60 pounds of eed late; in May, using a grain drill. Plckera keep the vine trained In distinct row by replacing the runners as the vegetable is picked. Mr. Taj lor haa obse rved tha t cu- rffrg of&ovo MiftnABi; -r&ifV. 4aarh nttiePicJ. GOVKKKV Win cuv niw mcr. 4f fclNrW Wtfn PU$T s in vi m at- m tvy. Trii 1 61 I V- I IN QZOaKPirftll ftL V-UJMELV KlN6MftH REEF r c- nu-ru?1 ruppeR Route. British mrjdtrtitd. AJsroF IdiZ- e . OLYMPIC 6rW$ of floo- 7 TriBt WBRS CQMPSTlNG IH THE 0LYMPAP X sru. uc 3-23-3 I neon scions ii tors The announcement that the United States team won the Olympic games of 1900 came aa a complete surprlsn to its members aa well as to the members of most of the other teams that competed. No notice wna given them of the fact that they were competing In an Olympiad until It waa all over I Second of the modern Olympic games, It was held In Paris, Finnce, at the same time the Paris exposi tion waa being; ateged. The various teams that had gathered for the Olympiad were pressed Into service for a number of the exhibition meets, run off in a poorly organized and mildly publlclred manner. At the end of a meet which most r of the competitors bad thought to be Just another exhibition, offclals an nounced that the meet had consti tuted the Olympiad. By virtue of 17 victories In the 32 events run off, the American team was named the winner. . Living Statue nt Gold No myth waa the story of El Do rado (Spanish for "The Glided Man.") One of the majoh factors motivating Spain's conquest of South America In her explorers search for treasure, the El Dorado story was based on accounts of the ceremony used by the Chlbchas trihe of Bo gato. New Omnada, for inducting a new chteftflln into office. At the start of the rites, the chief tain to be "Inaugurated" was strip ped and covered with resinous gums. Qold dust was then sprinkled over him and he was taken to Lake Oua tavlta, embarked on a raft, and fer ried to the center of the lake. There he Jumped Into the water Bnd washed off his coat of gold while members of the tribe threw Jewels and gold into the water. From the Spanish name for this ceremony has come our modern usage of El Dorado signifying a place where wealth can be rapidly acquir ed. Fourteen American towns have adopted the name. Tomorrow: The Stamp or Klght Million Deaths! cumber grow more than an Inch In 34 hours. In the event that he plants the same crop next year, he will bow vetch on the ground this fall, which, when plowed under next April will supply free nitrogen and sulphate, which the cucumbers re quire. Mr. Taylor has not centered his Interests entirely on cucumbers, however. He haa five acres planted in onions, this being the second I year he has devoted to this project. ne a iso nas tt.uuu caooagc pianis, seven acres of potatoes, In addition to cauliflower and horse-radish, which he will contract to Mr. Parker. Lane Fire Checked EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 33. (AP) Willamette national forest offtclnls said a 100-man crew had controlled a 15-acre fire In northeastern Lane county. Plate Identification HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 23. (API An upper plate was tho means of establishing tho Identity of a body found near the head of McKay creek as that of Sven O. Lundstrom. 55, who dlsnpepared in 1934, Coroner F. J. Sewell said today. The English residents of Delhi. India, were massacred en masse In 1857. tMILUAHS VOU BEGIN fO f?EAL)2E TriAf -friE OYriER CAR, WHICH HVo All "THE FOOD IN If, HAS DtHER LOS-f ITS WAV, HAD EtHSIHE TROUBLE, OR -THR0U6H SOME CONFOSION 16 WA.T'lK6 FOR VOU AY SOME OTHER PICNIC SPOT (Qgpyrtght, 1937, by The Btll Syndicate, Inc.) S-17 S 'MATTER P0F By C M PAYNE Va .AouteyfrSAvi 1 -HERE. ) 4tt (-Rat ib c aiuet JLr-.' ) L "TjcytDoTlAT. TfE-eE s ' , AT fey VAJjV X.OMT YZ WrKO 1 ' fcuCopyrlght. 1037. by Th Bll Syndlmn, Inc.) J TAILSPIN TOMMY The Posse Finds Mrs. Bently! By HAL FORREST OAaroTOUMTffy jj ( I FOUflo' Wysp! 'COSOr7Vk.' kvo' GOT TH PASTES' W H ; THB BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Telling the World By EDWIN At.QER . tW4 OOtSWT T:-" . , REM NEBSTE-R. ? VJE'RC V(,V H wilL XX REACH CLEAR Fl RV. STTTmPH fN W500 BAD -AMD IV, . THE FOIXS. VJVVH THE BAWWER- ACROW. THE STREET ? IT ) A, N J I WRiHf VyJWEVJ",HE?,,e,M - ' ' WHERE 0' VOU WANT IT V.' V WlLt STRVUG HER FROM Kf I nPrj Mj l2r-L "ME- J 2S rt STRUUG? ' 27 W TO TO THIS rY It I tfSt'Mi (v '; jj THE NEBBS A Great Disappointment WatrMftRTlMiQiC SO TOO MAO TO 30 l DlOJT ASWi A FsM ! I SOT TWO VES, VOWV CXJNJ'T NOu&j' NW BlxsimisS aimt" MOvicr "V TUiwKS wirxewis AW' sSPK-MM VOUR. UVOU TO COME, POCKS 6ETUJ1T1-1 f COME OUT IM TME U7Y OF VOUR BtjSlMF-!. o Vs THE MAM rXJT AFTER 1 (SOT UJWV BLAME RAV WEST THAT 0PE0 AMD SET A l ic VOU ftOMC ft,i ,re f7 MRS mactsjiCx A OAV OPFAJLMV OLUKJ V . ME ? LUTWEKS SOIM'TO (POSITIVE DATE LUWENJ f-'-;l-, UT C.OM& BUSlKJESSy picsFoT-re. VeMSEfOTo see rrfr;,' lick oo axjd if jvou aikJt oivi' to IT. KwssrAcaAUM, fprcrlL .-5 rivooDoT nsMTeEMO avjotuerleg I ' -r J H ; KT) ta By SOL HESS
