Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 15, 1938, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX " arEDPOTH) M" ATT, TTtTBTrN"E, METTFOTCP, OT?EGONT. WEDNESDAY. .TTJNT; 15. 1938. FRONT LAWN STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For farther proof address the author, Inclosln a stamped envelop for reply. Sec.' V. 8. Pat Oft By GLUYAS WILLIAMS . BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR Ij.j ..jiy So Fan Unscrupulous Marina Lome, whos husband's post office mural has aroused Quanomet, is murdered by a leI handed blow from her titter's knife. Suepeoted Pam Frye disappear! because an un known person who smokes Turkish tobacco is trailing her to discover the whereabouts of $50,000 worth ot ant bergris she ound the day 0 the lur der. Agreeable Tim 'Carr, a boarder at the Frye't Octagon House, is left handed, smokes Turkith tobacco, and hated Marina, Asey Mayo, Cape Cod detective, eavesdrops outside the Woman's Exchange on gabby Nettie Hobbs who swears Pam is the mur derer. Peggy Boone, an artist, tells Nettle she is a liar. Then Roddy Strutt, whose plane smashed in the square the night before, pays Nettie o keep his name out of her story. carting off that plane In hJindfuls You'd think they never seen a plane before. Well, I don't care, 1 tried to do my duty, but now I've given up. Asey. what In the name of God makes people act this way? What'f that plane mean to 'em anyhow? It ain't got a thing to do with the murder or the mural." "Well," Asey sat down beside him, "what's pickle limes got to do with things? Or flower holders made out of old coffee tins? Bui people are buyin' pickle limes an cut-up coffee cans over at the Ex change, like this was the last chance they had to buy 'em in thij world. Jerry, what time last night did this plane crash?" Chapter 16 Roddy' Check A SEY was brought t earth by Nettie s voice at his elbow. "What do you think you're do ing?" "What's that?" Asey hastily put on the gold rimmed glasses Before turning around. What s that? "What do you think you're do ing? Nettie raised ner voice, and Asey promptly took his cue. "What sav?" "What are you doing?" Nettle Del lowed. "Paintin'," Asey said, gently. "Who told you to paint here? What do you mean, trespassing and defacing my property get away, before I call thi constable!" What say?" Asey asked. "What's that? I'm a mite hard of hearin , marm. He made her repeat It Ave times, and then he assumed an injured expression. "You mean, this ain't the Red Men's Hall?" "It's the Woman's Exchange!" Nettie yelled. "The Woman's Ex change! Woman's Exchange!" "They do?" Asey aid. HI want to know, now I" "You deaf old fool, this Isn't the Red Men's Hall, this is" "Then if it ain't the Red Men's Hall." Aacy peered down at her, "then you owe me fifty cents for time, an' a quarter for paint. I'll make it sixty cents cash money." Finally, from sheer exhaustion, she Rave him the sixty cents. Asey pocketed it gravely, and removed himself and his cans. It was no task to mingle with the crowd until Nettie emerged from the alley, and he could hard ly have helped joining in with the young mob that followed her up the street to the bank. Parking his paint cans on the back doorstep, Asey strolled in the bank's rear door and knocked on the glass of the president's little cubby hole. He had always won dered why he had allowed him self to be made an honorary di rector of the bank's main branch, and now, he thought as he waited, ne Knew. Seriously Involved THE amount of Roddy Strutt's check, which he had in his hands almost as soon as Nettle de posited it, startled him. Five thousand dollars, he thought as he picked up his paint cans outside, meant that Roddy wasn't just trying to keep his name out of this affair. It meant that Roddy was seriously Involved. Roddy had no reputation for open handedness. It had taken a court battle to make him pay for smash ing up Bill Porter s car in that accident the year b'.tore. And yet . he'd given Nettle a check for $5,000, just like thatl But, he remembered suddenly, how could Roddy Strutt possibly be Involved in this mess? Presum ably he was flying around in his new airplane and wrecking it. Pam knew nothing about the crasn, ana. sne would nave Been told by Nettie if it had occurred before Nettie left Octagon House at ten-thirty. Jennie Mayo said that Roddy had wrecked the plane on his way home from tagging his friend's plane. Marina Lome had dashed away from the garage, leaving the ambergris, In order to see some artist, some friend of Roddy's, who was shortly leaving for New York in a plane, presum ably via Providence. Sorted out, that meant that the artist friend had left between six and seven. Roddy's plane had crashed after ten-thirty. It would not have taken all the intervening time for Roddy to trail the other plane to the airport, and to return to Quanomet. Roddy might, of course, have stopped over en route, but if he had crashed on his return late at night, why on earth was he presenting Nettie with checks, and lavishly promis ing her more to kctp him out of her murder story? , Asey strolled back to the square and to his remote cousin Jerry. tammMtmrMt- . SI "What are you doing?" i Nettie bellowed. "Between one and two," Jerry said. "It busted lip a couple of cars, and bruised up Earl Jennings and some others. It was Roddy that did it, but the pilot feller got hurt the worst." "Where Is he, In the hospital?" Jerry nodded. "Someone got an ambulance and took him over to Pochet. 1 just heard someone say mat noddy woman t even pay the ambulance bill. Said he hadn t or- The Pilot Feller "I'VE given up," he said. "I've 1 given up. You might as well try to stop Ning'ra, as these tour ists. They don't give a damn how many cars they jam into this place, or how many they bump. They've bustod down the ropes, and they're dered it. You know. Asev. I keec hopin' there's a special little cornel of Hell all set apart for people like itociay. sometimes ne s so dumB, you wouldn't believe it. Sometimes he just scatters money. Then acain he's so tight with live cents, you'd like to sock him. And sly say. he's so oh, damn those tourists! Look, they're pullin' 'hat othot wing apart!" Asey suggested that Jerry might be able to stop them, if he really tried. "I s'pose so," Jerry said. "1 s'pose I could, if I put my mind to it. 1 would, if It was anyone else's plane. Somehow I don't care about Roddy's. I can't see how the town's liable for any damage people do. We never asked him to land his plane here. We say, I wonder if we could sue him for obstructln' town highways?" "You could always try," Asey said. "Whib you're at it, collect parkin' fees from him, too. You got signs up sayin' that more'n one hour parkin' is illegal, an' that plane's been there for hours. Nick him. So the pilot's in Pochet?" "Yes. poor feller." Jerry said "He'll prob'ly rot there before Roddy takes any notice. He are you goin'?" "Yup." Asey picked up his paint cans. You ain t any idea. Jerry, how many spots there is in this town that needs a little slappin' up with paint." Ctr,ttl ttit rkfttb .IHtflJ T4yl) More questions arise, tomorrew. IF I Med ford will be well represented ai thl year's encampment of the Beavei Boys state, nceordlng to report mV M the ltut meeting of the locai Araei lean Or. on post. This national proj ect of the American Legion U nwtlnjf with aplrndld response here and v eral local servlrt clubs and t-ther i panlyatloni are Jolnlna with Medl it post In "ndlnu hoys to l-.irn iMc principle of fclf-rfinvcrtinn-i.t. I o dan, tht following group plan to sponsor lociil youth In tin Lotion activity: Med ford post, two boya; Lenlon auxiliary, one; Klwanla club one; Hons club, one; Active club one. and I. O. O. P. lodge, one. Any other orunnlrntlona o- Indi viduals deslrluR to pnrtlelptup In the Legion project are urgrd to contact Elmer Wilson, chairman, at -'nee. A report on the Legion Junior base hall proRrrss was Riven by H. I. Br i ley In the absence of Chairman b ert Ebel, Commander Newbury ap pointed O. L. Overtnyer chairman of a committee to circulate petitions on the school tax sponsored by the Le gion and Parent-Teachers association It was announced that the auxtlUr would hold a picnic at Jackson Hot Springs this evening. All OgUrn natres and their families are ordmlly Invited to attend. The follown t committee was appointed to anlpt 'he l.id'e In arran:::- tv dotal!' (tfi .y,.. -;.-it :van. :' r iiN!. i-.f-ct-Kerr and Or F li Hunrh Duncan Neajc of Portland lilo WlvirMciVte.- ofHydet'atecfJnJia, tot mep on woftofe to vmnim House w peftecnueiHe i ' 7 MADHlRrV Wh61R6 fOeST fiewiw Hvtmvtmii f .-wlieV- i CfiN &B $PLLED A36 WO 1 KcftMM SjwJtciU. . Spelling Seizors. Strange aa It eeems, there are A8 - 369,440 different ways of spelling the word "scissors' yet only one of them Is correct! Lexicographers, always on the alert to startle the American public with such observations, figured out the. amazing number of combinations In this manner: There are six elcmntary sounds in the word, they point out, the first which can be Indicated by 17 combinations. The second can be In dicated by 36. the third by 17, the fourth by 33, the fifth by 10 and the sixth by 17. By merely multiplying together the number of possible combinations, they obtained the number 60.368,440, However, qobody has yet been re ported to have written all the com binations. Other words and names are almost equally versatile: the name of the great bard. Shakespeare, can be spell ed some 4,000 different ways. In fact, he Is known to have changed the spelling of his own name 30 tlmea. Trnftor to Texas. A renegade American, John Davis Brad burn, launched himself on a ne farious career In the 1820 s wh?n with a smuggled saw, he filed his way out of a Tennessee Jail and heid ed for the Mexican border. Bradburn Joined the revolution go ing on there at the time and gained some reputation as a patriot, as well as the favor of Iturblde, under whom he fought. Eventually he gained a high com mission In Mexico's army and wns placed In charge at Anahuac In 18.12. There he exerted a tyrannical hand of authority, although Anahuac con tained an American colony. Two of the Americans residing there Patrick Jack and William Travis objected to Bradburn's meth. ods and were quickly Jailed. A com mittee of Americans organized to ob tain Jack and Travis' release, and u a consequence a Mexican sentry was killed--first bloodshed In Texas bla for freedom. An open skirmish broke out, and Mexican Colonel Pledras toJk command, heard charges against Brad burn and, strange as It seems, or dered his arrestl The punishment meted out to him Is unknown. Tomorrow: Heavenly traffic Jam. chairman of the Legion disaster relief committee, gave .a talk on tho woik carried on throughout the nation In recent years and urged local pre paredness at all tlmea. He cited the Band on fire as one of the outstand- ng Oregon examples of accomplish ment in disaster relief by the Amer ican Legion. Carl Goettal of Spokane, Wash, was also a guest of- the meeting and gave a brief talk on Legion activities In his state. Plans for the annual fathers and sons banquet were discussed and It was decided to hold this year's event in October. Collects Madonna Pictures MENOMONIE, Wis. (Nearly 1300 different representations of the Ma donna are In the collection of Mr B. A. Zimmerman, wife of a Meno monle pharmacist and a former art Instructor. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. 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