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MEPFORD MATL TTCTBrrNT?, MEDFOHD. OBEflOy. MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1938.
WEATHER UNSETTLED
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
LOVE OH THE RANGE
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
For farther proof address the author, Incloslof t stamped envelope tor reply. Ref . U. 8. Pat Off.
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The Story So Far
Someone it out to butt the
Ratla T ranch. To help lovely
Lee Trone, "Blur" Ankrom takea
a job there under the name oj
Streeter. The ranoe U wiped
clean by ruMtlert, and a man and
woman posing as Mends of the
Trone are revealed as impostors.
The man is myterlouMly shot,
but the airl, Betty, stays on.
Chapter 19
Hurt And Anger
FOR a man to be sure that a thing
is so, is one mi..ter; for a man
to be sure that a thing is so and
then be forced to listen tn some
woman's corroboration of that un-
fileasant fact is quite another. In
he days that followed Betty
Struther's revelation that Lee con
sidered nim a gun man. Ankrom
rode the range with bitter thoughts
and somber countenance. His
glance took on a colder inscruta
bility, his lips an mhappier twist.
As foreman of the Rafter T he got
the ranch work done, but his man
ner of getting it i?une warped the
filayful dispositions of his men and
eft them saturnine as he was him
self. As Alkali one day put It to
Windy Jones, "Ridin' for this
Streeter wolf Is Jure gonna sap
every drop o' the milk of human
kindness from my system. Windy,
tf I keep it up much longer. 'F it
wasn't for Miz Lee. by cripes. I'd
that Ankrom came riding In to tht
home ranch to find Lee Trone lean
ing against a post of the veranda.
Then she called him softly. To
his surprise he found his horse
moving toward her. Chagrined he
suddenly swung the buckskin'i
head around and rode nim in the
opposite direction, dismounting
stiffly by the pole corraL
Later he was eating a cold snack
the cook had grumblingly got to-'
gether when a shadow darkened
the shack door and, looking up.
Ankrom found Lee Trone's green
eyes upon him oddly. In silence he
continued eating. 'ct her stand
there. He'd be damned if he'd
speak firstl
"Your education in manners,
Abe, seems to have been neglect
ed' she said coldly.
Resentfully he doffed his bat
tered hat. The sunlight streaming
in the open doorway struck across
his rumpled sandy hair and bur
nished it like copper. He stood stif
fly bv the table ?nd his glance held
no sign of friendship.
"w;iat ao you want 7
"I wanted to see you. Abe. but
1 didn't know you'd be eating. 1
called to you when you rode in.
but I guess you didn't hear me."
"Well?" he said. "If you have
somethin1 on your mind, go ahead
an' air it"
'To The Last Gasp!'
"HpHERE'S an unpleasant change
1 come over vou in the last few
days. If you don't like it here,
you're free to leave when the no-
r 1? -
f : lis v. JU
'r&. i frTniTfir .
HIV -r 1 o
Lee called him softly.
tell that dang slave driver a thing
ni turn an' mill mu rtlilft rtin on
w. ...w urn. f pill ail
drift."
"I expect you'd pull yore picket
pin, all right," Jones grinned. "But
if you went to handm' Streeter
any gas I don t rckon you d do a
neap 0 arittin .
If Ankrom 'callzed his growing
unpopularity with the men, he
must not have cared, for he gave
11 no attention nor modified his
treatment. As much as possible he
Kept away rrom mem, taking
many long rides into me surround
ing country. Visits to the home
ranch were nade no more fre
quently than absolute necessity
demanded, and then were brief.
Two emotions swayed him
hurt and anaer. He was hurt bv
the knowledge that to Lee Trone
he was tn much the same category
as a bonnet a thing of use to be
discarded when its use was ended.
His anger had been roused by a
number of things, but chiefly by
the discovery that Lee's reported
opinion of her 'lired hana could so
effectively throw him out of stride.
To be sure, he had repeatedly
reflected, her opinion of him was
deserved. It was practically his
own estimate of himself that first
night of his arrival when they d
sat in the touring car together in
the darkness of the stable.
At that time, hoWcver. she had
rejected that estimate; had pro
tested vehemently against it, and
he blind fool had believed her
protestation sincere. lie had taken
pride in thinking that the only
barrier to a friendlier relationship
between them was the barrier
raised by himself. That Struthers
dame was right: what he knew
sbout women was best left tinmen
tioned. Ankrom's Code
HE COULP quit the ranch, of
course; he could throw this Job
in old Trone's face and go his way.
That is. he could do so. nad he not
Eassed his word to see this un
nown business through to the
end In Ankrom's code the moral
acceptance of a commission was
binding as the strongest contract:
his given word was a thing by
which he had always abided, and
he must abide by it now.
It was early afternoon one day
bout a fortnight after his llluml
aating conversation with Betty,
tion strikes you," she told him
coolly. "If you're in a hurry you
can come up to the house and get
your time right now." 1
Surprise showed In Ankrom's
glance. Then his features resumed
their former inscrutability. ,
"When 1 make a bargain I keep
It. If you feel like releasing me
from my word, go ahead. But I'm
telling you right now that I ain't
goin to be rid of that easy. I'm
not Benin' out of this till the ol1
man sends me walkin down the
road. Like I told your tough sher
iff, I'm a gent that sticks to thi
last gasp!"
You seem to have a pretty good
opinion of yourself," she said with
curling lip, then asked, "have you
tound out yet wno s in cnarge 01
the rustling activities on this
range?"
"No, 1 haven't yet but I will."
"It must be nice to have such
confidence as ours."
Confidence, ma am, is part of 1
gun man s stock in trade.
He saw that he had scored. The
smile slipped off her lips.
"I could name e number of lest
desirable things which seem to be
a part of you.' she retorted.
'Yes, ma'am, I expect you
could," he said and began twirling
his hat It surprised him to find
that Lee Trone s charm was as ef
fective as ever. Just being near
her did things to him; accelerated
his pulse; made his stormy heart
miss beats, and caused his blood to -flow
more swiftly.
He resented her power to sway
him. He felt ashamed to realize
that he could still feel Interest in
a girl whose expressed opinion of
nun was steeped In cold contempt
What kind of a man was he? Did
Lee Trone affect all men so?
His glance .ook in her overalls
and woolen shirt yet did not see
tnem. He was conscious cnly that
these rough clothes could not con
ceal the grace of her slender bodv.
could not detract from the spirited
poise ot ner nean
He said. "If ;he talk-fest is over,
I'll get on with my eatin'."
The crecn eves raked him ftiri.
ously. The next moment she was
gone.
tCtrnril. IV.lt. f,U C. K
More woman trouble, tomorrow.
GRANTS PASS TO HAVE
FINE NEW THEATER OF
800 SEATING CAPACITY
GRANTS TABS, Aug. 16. (Bp..)
Construction of ft luxurious nw tlif
tr for OrtntR Puna, fmbmcinn the
most modfrn accomplishments in
theater comfort, dentin and enter
tainment facilities, started today on
the southwest corner ot Seventh and
H street. Completion Is expected
about October 15.
One of the flneit structures of Ita
kliKt in southern Orejton. it will
hove a sentlng rapacity of 800. 8. O
Mendenhall, general manager of the
Grants Pass Amusement company
building the theater. ald.
The thestrr proper will roM be
tween 135.000 and 150.000. rxrluOre
of real estate and wlU hava ov-alUalted down enough for msny meals j
dimensions of 01 by 100 feet. An
adjoining garage building on the
property Is to be remodeled Into
space (or three modern small stores.
On th south end of the garage
building a theater annex containing
heating and alrconditlontng systems
and dressing-rooms will be built.
Conntructlon of the building ha
been contracted to Elmer Charters of
Med ford, a specialist in theater erec
tion, who recently completed the
wtdely-acrlalmed Varsity theater In
Ashland The (vntrnrt stipulates that
local help shall be used as much as
possible.
Mr. Mrndenhhll became part owner
and general manager of the Grant
Pass Amusement company tn rVbru
ary of 1033, and has provided the
firm's present theaters here, the
Ft I vol I and State, with a superior
quality of entertainment.
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to catch
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(Between Oguo&ocand Kempbzgo lake, Li
MhMb louiss QlhZK M.H,
Or COMMON, HEFU1HE WORLDS
iargegt Political coNSTiTuENCf
f)N mth 0? 200,000 45UrSR6 MllK
OFtrifi IZOO PERON WHO VcHfeo
hck inio ornce
Woninn Legljilntor
First American-born woman to sit
In the Canadian Parliament Is Mrs.
Marth Louise Black, 71-yeirold Yu
kon Territory Representative In Can
ada's House of Commons.
No quirk of luck got Mrs. Black
her seat. Almost unparalleled Is the
story of her campaign to succeed her
husband, Captain Oeongo Black, to
the post she now fills, following his
retirement due to Illness.
Stretching over ntore than J00.00U
square miles of Northern Canadian
wilds, the vast Yukon Territory Is
today the largest political constituen
cy in the world, yet Its entire popu
lation is that of the average Amer
ican small town about 0.000.
There are over 1,800 eligible voters
In the Yukon, according to Mrs.
Black, but of these Just a little over
1.200 voted, m the rest of the men
were mining or prospectnlg far away
from civilization.
Herself an "Independent Conserva
tive," this courageous weman Bet cut
In 1035 to capture the votes of a
population Inrgely composed of Lib
erals. By airplane, canoes, a small
motorbrat, a river-steamer, and two
horse teams she vLslted her Yukon
friends In every corner of that vast
region. Once she trekked three miles
through the fores. Just to visit three
trappers.
'Untll within the past two or three
years I have known piratically every
man. woman, and child in the Yu
kon Territory, but of late there has
been quite an Influx from the out
side world,' Mrs. Black says.
Tomorrow: The man who lives In
side a volcano!
HUTTON VOTERS WILL
SAVE 700 MILE TRIP
Bia APPLEOATE, Aug. 18. (Bpl.)
In remote corner of the Apple-
gate district located over the Cali
fornia line, a handful of anxious
voters have brought about establish
ment of the Hutton voting precinct,
and will be able to conveniently
cast their votes at the next election
without traveling 100 miles by way
of Ashland and the Pacific highway
to reach their former precinct at
Oak Bar.
The new election board serving the
Elliott creek and Ward's fork resi
dents Includes Erlo Anderson, In
spector: M. P. Clark. Judge, and
Prod Smith and Dean Bush, clerks.
This fall will mark tho first election
on Elliott creek since 1024. The homo
of Eric Anderson at Joe Bar wlU
serve as the polling place, and 19
voters are registered.
LEAVES FOR S-tA-ft&Hj EMPHAIi
CAlW REJECTING WlFE'5 SU6- '
6S-fi0M TrierT HE TAKE AW
UMBRELLA
pa05e5 t corner , wonper
im6 if maybe he was nt a
mle hasty. "didn't reali2i?
Klookit) so Threaten in 6
STARTS ON A6RIH, 6ETTlfV6
embroiled wnh newspaper
in -tWing To find weather
Forecast
FlHDS If: RAIN. BECOMES
AWARE THAT ALL HIS MFJ6H
B0RS ARE CARRVIN6 UMBRELLA?,
TetA A DROP. WOHDERS
Whether To 60 back for
UMBRELLA OR TRY To 6Ef To
STAfiON BEFORE DOWNPOUR
GOES BACK. FiNDS THEY1 J.cf-HIS
UMBRELLA To UNCLE JOE LAST '
NlfcHT, LEAM6 OULV HIS WIFE'S
WHICH. HE REFUSES Tb CARRY. 6ET5
TO STATION WET AND UERY SULKY
(Copyright, 1938, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
3 MATTER
PAYNB
Fish Boats Saved
ASTORIA. Ore., Aug. 15. (API
Two tuna fishing boats were rescued
yesterday by the coast guard from
Clatsop spit, death ground of ship
ping, where they ran aground In a
fog.
In the Boston fire or 1872, sixty
acres were devastated, with a prop
erty loss of over (60,000,000.
POI Bv 0 M
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