Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 16, 1939, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextI MEDFORD MATT TRIBUNE, -MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1939. PAGE TWO by Frances Shelley Wees- YESTERDAY: Htgolnj is ic cutely embarrassed by question about the Murrhtiont. A young ster, Gordon Decne, warns the Forresters about the loneliness oj the campus, and the possibility of burglars. Michael hurries him of or a prit-ate talk. Chapter Six Course Of Anion TUCK was irate. "Michael's got a secret and he won't tell me what it is." "He's a lawyer, Tuck. Lawyers can't tell their wives everything." "Poof. This hasn't anything to do with lawyering. It's a secret about this house, Bunny, about this plact we're living in. Some thing awful and here we're right In it, and that Michael thinks he's going to keep it from us." "Surely, Tuck isn't it your im agination again?" Bunny surveyed her friend laughingly. "Bunny, stop talking to me like that! I tell you, 1 know it! I can see it So could you, Bunny Temple, if you'd look. Why didn't you see how shifty and funny that gardener was? He was scared to death to talk for fear we'd find out something. And I'll just bet that surprised Michael, too; he wouldn't have asked Higgins any thing in front of me if he'd ex pected him to know anything. And that boy sicking his dog on my cat just in time to keep Higgins oajn.ft aunis f,. "From saying what?" "I don't know. Something. Some- thing about the Murchisons And then he tells us all this stuff about burglars just because he wants us to go away and Miss Lissey doesn't want us here and Mi chael's father does want us here. Bunny and you know what an old tox he is. J toll you, Bunny, we're living in a mystery." Bunny dropped down on the porcn steps ana surveyed Tuck s Hushed face and shining eyes with interest "I begin almost to sec glimmerings or sense in what you're saying, Tuck," she said slowly, "when you start mention ing the District Attorney. Did vou know that I met him on the street, and he asked me pointblank if I were coming out here with you?" "He did? Really?" Bunny nodded. "There," said Tuck. "That Just goes to show. I knew he had some thing up his sleeve. He didn't want me to be here alone, even in the daytime. He's a nice thing even if he is so . . . Bunny," she broke off suddenly, "what do you suppose it Is? A murdet? Do you suppose . . ." he shuddered. "Don't be silly, Tuck. If It were a murder the boy and the gardener wouldn't be mixed up in it" "And Miss Lissey they're ter ribly queer. Bunny. But Michael makes me so cross! He let me sit here on the steps and tell him everything I know about Duncan Murchison and Miss Lissey and everything, and he didn't tell me a thing! It isn't fair. Bunny. And now he's gone over there with Gordon tent indeed!" she sniffed. "He's gone over there with Gordon lust to Rsk him questions. Questions!" "But Tuck about what? Ques tions about what?" Bunny's brow was wrinkled. "That's it. About what? Bunny, let's find out!" Charlotte Jean T'UCK, looking out over gar den from which thp mnrninp nn had not yet taken all the dew, mur mured to herself. "I wish I had a crystal. I wish I had something I could ask questions and get the right answers." She tapped idly on the screen as she communed thus with Nature and herself. It certainly seemed important to get information from somewhere and since Tuck had nc crystal and wouldn't have known what to do with it if she had. she was forced to consider other ways of attaining her object: and in very few min utes her mind had arrived at the possible solution ot the telephone book. She flew through the studv door to the little table tust Inside the dining room door, upon which stood the telephone with Its direc tory lying beside it She opened the book quickly and thumbed over Its pages. "D ... D ... D ..." she muttered. "It isn't a common name. He said he lived with the Devoes." "Beg your pardon, Mrs For rester, ma'am?" Charlotte Jean, busy putting shining blue and white china Into the cabinet turned. "I wasn't saying anything, Char lotte Jean." Tuck answered absent ly. "No, Mrs Fori ester," Charlotte Jean replied obligingly. She took out a yellow bowl and gave it an extra polish. "There it Is!" Tuck cried. "1 knew it but surely " She turned to the mair' suddenly "Charlotte Jean, isn't this house Number Ten, University Cam pus?"' "It Is, Mrs. Forrester, or shall I go and look?" "Of course It Is. I knew It. Well where would Number Eight University Campus be?" "It would be the house down at the end of the Horseshoe like. Mrs. Forrester, ma'am, wouldn't it? The one next to the old maid s house. "Miss Lissey's," Tuck corrected Salem, Nov. 16. HP) Steam railroads operating In Oregon had gross revenues of $:12,2:5, BB4 In 1938, a drop of $4. 231). 238 from the 1037 total, Public Util ities Commissioner Ormond R. Bean said today in a report to Governor Sprngue. Theit net revenue was S5..165, 040, a decrease of $107,763 while they paid $3.1110.380 In taxes, an increase of $240,040 The roads carried 21,193,4-11 automatically. "Charlotte Jean, do you know who lives in that house? Number Eight?" "It's a Professor Dcvoe an J his mother, Mrs. Forrester. The mother is very queer and nobody likes her, and the Professor is very soft spoken and gentle but he can t keep a dog, ma'am." "My goodness, Charlotte Jean, are you clairvoyant?" Charlotte Jean frowned anxious ly. "I'm sure I hope not, Mrs. For rester. It doesn't sound . . ." "How do you know about them then?" Charlotte Jean blushed. "I asked the delivery boy, Mrs. Forrester I thought there might be some nice girl around for me to go out with on Thursdays, but he says no there isn't one out here. Mrs. Dc voe does her own work in a kind of a way, he says, sort of cluttery and messy, it sounds to me. and Mrs. Deane is a good housekeeper and does her own work excepting the laundry, and Mrs. McBain ha; a cleaning woman twice a week." "Well did your delivery boy happen to tell you whether or noi there is anybody staying at the Devoes' ?" "Oh yes, ma'am. It's Mrs. Mur chison. She's the Professor's cousin, and that sounds as if she'd be Mrs. Dcvoe's niece, but she doesn't call her aunt at all. Maybe it's a niece by marriage of course." "Cousin! Oh." Tuck meditated "What's she like, Charlotte Jean?' 'Frenchy' "T7ELL, he doesn't like her. She's ' a very economical housekeep er, he says, making a lot of soup mostly and salads like all them Frenchy people do; and she puts that red varnish on her finger nails and won't let anybody talk back to her. He says she ain't a bit like Mrs. McBain that treats everybody like they was human beings; you got to keep remembering you're only a delivery boy with a snub nose when you're talking to Mrs Mur chison. He doesn't like her." "Oh. He doesn't like her Frenchy. Oh." Tuck puckered her brows and thought Charlotte Jean turned back to the china. "Why can't he keep a dog?" Charlotte Jean blinked "Oh. Thi Professor, you mean. Maybe hi doesn't really want to much Bui he doesn't like them and he kick; the delivery boy's dog though very soft spoken you know, ant somebody gave him a puppy and it ran away. The delivery bo thinks probably he kicked It, too.'' "Lots of people kick their dogf and they don't run away." "No, Mrs. Forrester, ma'am. Not after they get to be dogs But may be puppies don't realize yet that anybody's liable to kick you and you might as well stay where you are. Maybe that's it." "I think you're a philosopher Charlotte Jean." "Yes, Mrs. Forrester. Do you want them pitty shells filled with something for lunch, please?" "Yes, something Anvthing.' Tuck propped her chin on hei hand. She could think better thai way. Charlotte Jean gave her a friendly understanding glance and went out to the kitchen. It was only a few minutes before Tuck was in the kitchen too. a red jacket slipped over her white dress, a red silk tarn pulled down over her curls. Charlotte Jean saw her as she came through the door "You do look nice in that. Mrs Forrester," she said in honest ad miration. "It does become you so much." "Thank you, Charlotte Jean. Bv the way, what happened to thai parcel of things we found in thr house when we moved in? Did you put them away somewhere?" "Do you mean the books, ma'am and the pipe? I've got them rich! here." She went to a cupboard and handed them to Tuck. "1 won't take this old dog-eared thriller," Tuck lecided. " 'The Bar tered Bride's' bad enough. Burn this, Charlotte Jean." She arried the other two ar tides in her hand as she walked swiftly down the path to Numbet Eight It was very much like thi house they at present occupied built of brick and half timber, bu the placing un the lot was a litth different, and it was not quite a large as Number Ten. Tuck an proached it with a growing feelinc of excitement. As she lifted th brass knocker her throat was drv It was several minutes before thr door was opened In the hall stood a young woman in a smart blue afternoon dress, with her hair in careful waves; too careful. Tuck thought quickly As if a cap had just been taken from them, and the hairpins removed. This was undoubtedly Mrs Murchison. "Mrs. Dcvoc?" Tuck said uncer tainly. "You wish then to see Mrs. De voe'" the other woman asked. "Thank you it doesn't reallv matter," Tuck replied with a smile "I am Mrs. Forrester, from Num ber Ten, and I understood thai Mrs. Murchison who used to have that house lived here now. We found one or two things that be long to her in the house when we moved in, and I wanted to return them." The woman unbent a little, a! though her black eyes were still sharp. "I am Mrs Murchison," she said. "It Is very kind of you. I thought I had left nothing." Continued tomorrow. tons of freight, a decrease of 2.680.109 tons, while naennprt carried totaled 1,161.400, a drop of 236.005. Freight revenue toUilecl $26. 133,505 while passenger traffic accounted for 3.015,480 in rev enue. The roads operated 3.753 miles of track during the year. Eight persons were killed and 44 persons injured during the year In grade crossing accidents. Old College Paper Hanover, N. H., Nov. 16. (,V) Dartmouth's student body ;wnkened today to the rumbling roar of presses turning out the 100th anniversary edition of "the oldest college newspaper in America " It U the nnlv Hnilv published here, a town of 5,500. On the RADIO CHAINS STATIONS Hnrre to rind Them or the Dial: Kei. Portland. IIKO: KH. 040 Los Angeles; KOA. U'O, Hpukune; KUO, lull. Han FmncUco; KUtt 620, Portland; KJU. 1H0. .tent lie; KNX. 1050. Los Anirles; KOA. Kill. Denver; KOIN, mo. Purl land. KOMII, 826. Untitle; KI'O. 630. san KranrlM-o; KSL, 1 1 HO. Salt take Wednesday. :00 Prank and Archie, KEX. KJR; Sunset Shadows. KOO; War- Inj's Orch., KPO. QW, KFI. 6:30 Kelsey'a Orch.. KPO, Kr-1. KOW; Muslo for Listening, KOO, KEX. KJR. 8:45 Reporting, KNX. KOIN; Or ganist, KOO, KEX; Two In the Bal cony, KPO. 6:00 Drama. KOO, KEX. KJR; Star Theater, KSL, KOIN, KNX; Horse and Buggy Days, KOMO; Safety First, KPO. 6:3C Radio Guild, KEX: Play house, KPO, KPO, KEI, KOW; News, KJR. 7:00 Dr. Christian. KNX, KSL, KOIN; Kyser's Orch.. KPO. KOW. KFI; Magnolia Blossoms, KOO, KJR, KEX. 7:30 Burns and Allien, KNX. KOIN, KSL; Adventures In Photog raphy, KOO, KJR. 8:00 Warlns'a Orch.. KPO; Breez ing Along. KOO, KJR, KEX; Amos FIELD GLASSES - TAKES WllLY AND Pftlft OF flElD GLASSES To T00Y6AU 6AK1E GETS A VTRV BlURREP view" of a fwlvard pass because Wife chancED WCUS To SUIT HER OWN Evt6 TAILSPIN TOMMY Looks Bad K N A V WIUIAM5 vtf .TOLA'S) VjKsv'A ZW) Ct-S.5sHt;! I ftST.?'2it JN 1 I WHY dip he RAW HIS PLANE ) I CAN'T CALL 1 RUN AVVa ' V i?T wS1tKw JrZA V NT9 OHUC SHIP? WAS IT S l l-i BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER Koeplng the Pledge By EDWIN ALGER hup si a ii i I I I W-.'-JP tlj I si,T tHMtV'-'rPWi'l , f.'ii'j.WVsV CAM I HAVE YER PROV1DIN1 THAT'S DARH SAY", WHAT'S W WHY, HE.... fe I SEEN HIM Ejf HONESTLY", WU THIS, MR. I Y'DON'T LET ON GOOD ADVICE! UP BETWEEN GOSH, M SLIP VOU A B RUSTY, A Ttf -'-KtA WARNER? WHERE VOU THANKS A VOU AND THAT a RUSTy", PAPER 9 I OUST ' ? 4i&'7rrm-A GOT IT AN' IF MILLION, I . GUV, GENE A I CAN'T p WHAT WAS W CAN'T TELL J( ) JL1 TEy3 "'--jlfe I WAS VOU, JUST MR. 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KOIN; Music Hall, KPO. KFI, KOW. 7:30 Sports Pop-Offa, KNX, KOIN; Vocalists, KGO; News, KSL. 8:00 Fred Warlr, KPO, KGW, KFI; Cutler's Orch, KEX: Aloha Land, KOO; Amos and Andy, KNX KSL. KOIN. 8:16 Sam Hays. KNX: Cutler's Orch, KGO; I Love s Mystery, KPO. KGW, KFI. 8:30 Symphony Orch, KPO, KGW, KFI; Ask-It-Basket, KNX. KSL, WHIPS 6U55E5 OWOFCftSE MISSES EKI1W6 RUN- Af OPENISS WHISTLE, 6EtflK6 6AC.K WHILE ANUSflKG ONLY BLURRED vflEW OF KICK- feUftSEs. OFF, OH ACC0LW OTTrlElR NOT BEIK'6 FOOJSEP PROPERLY READJUSTS GLASSES. 15 about To Follow m e- ClTiNfc END RUN VMlti JUNIOR STARTS SHAKIN6 MIS ASM, ASKik'6 fCR 1rlE 6LAS5ES A LITTLE LA1ER ASKS TOR GLASSES BACK, QUICK, HE WAKflSToSEETHIS SCftL LINE STAND. JONlCR. Vt& NOT KNOW WHERE 1rltV ARE fTUIwdl by The Bell Synctlfnf. Inc.) For Skeelerl v' LOOKS UVifcitf "TH1NJK COULD BE 1 IN THE WkND s t-iui. writ; r-. nn i rr- Arr KOIN; Lyman's Orch.. KOO, KEX. 8:00 Strange u It Seems, KNX. KSL, KOIN; Advejiturea In Rhythm. KGO, KEX. 8:30 Those We Love, KPO, KFI, KOW; Powell's Orch., KSL: Madrl iruers's Orch, KOO, KEX; Opere'ts Series. KNX. KOIN: News. KJR. 10:00 News Reporter, KPO. KOW, KFI; News. KSL. KNX; Foster's Orch., KGO, KJR, KEX; News. KOIN. 10:30 Bono's Orch, KNX; Ravax za'a Orch, KPO. KGW, KFI; Not tingham's Orch.. KGO, KJR, KEX: News. KSL. 11:00 Martin's Orch, KPO, KFI; This Moving World, KEX. KJR; Dance Orch, KSL, KOIN"; News, KOO, KNX, KGW. Demos To Meet Portland, Nov. 16. VP) Democratic state committeemen and chairmen from 17 counties will meet at Salem Saturday in a first district party conference, Frank Tierney, chairman of the state central committee, said last night. Frankfurter 57 Washington, Nov. 16. (IP) Justice Felix Frankfurter, who tsks attorneys more questions than any other member of the supreme court, was 57 years old yesterday. His former students at Harvard law school attribute the persistent queries to a habit developed by many years in the classroom. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS HAVlKfc FOCUSED THEM, HANTS THEM TO WIFE WHO WAttfs t study The hat OF A WOMAN IH NEf SECTION misses Touchdown while WCNlrf&rOR 6LAS5ES WHOf TORN UPAMON6fOlD5 0F ErTRA fcfRAPS. PUTS THEM IN CASE FOR RESf 0F6AHE OF Ti NiR NEBB, HOLLOW OF YOUR NOD WOLD lOOO HORSES-OR. fct.NJ A. GREATER. POWER. ThAM VOOO HORSES HAVE. geuStio?: Washington, Nov. 16. (P) A seasonal exemption from the wage-hour law has been granted STR4NGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope tor reply. Reg. U. S. Pat Off. He 4oi.pi si? Termite W4f.0l.E6 IT4 gNEMl& BY" GRAYING THEM WflH h 3Tic(Y FLU1P fROtA Ift NOIZLE-UK& HM sirpai edikrof-fhe old NetiVork was Totally bund Or HI5 HCt ( 88'f-nil VET Wl CONTINUED Hie BDiToRihL Acnvnms mil 'mim BLIND EDITOR Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the now defunci New York World, was ono of the world'! fore most newspapermen. Threatened with blindness in 1887, duo to oyarwork, he made plans to continue his career rather then to retire. In 1889 he became blind, but surrounded himself with competent secretaries and embarked on a round-the-world cruise. Until a few hours of his death in 1911. Pulitzer continued to dictate his powerful editorials, keeping in daily touch with his paper. RETURN FIRE Threatened by lack of ammunition during the siege of Acre, 1799, Napoleon cunningly ordered his men to build earthworks on the beach. British ships bombarded the works, sup plying Napoleon with fresh ammunition! TOMORROW: Escape of Emin Bey. nrB 1 KNOW Wki SKEPTICAL, MR NE&3, AND 1 DONT BLAtc VOU, BUT WE SHA.LL GO SOME PLACE W WERE W E CAN BE ALONE IN TKE WILLS AMD I'LL DEMON STRATE THIS POWER TO YOU in the open-cut mining of placer sold in Alaska, Idaho, Montana. Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyom ing. Under the exemption, to run for a maximum of 14 weeks, the industry may employ work ers as long as 56 hours a week without paying time and a half overtime. The wage hour divis ion found that about 50 percent ii a ' 'n c i 'ax Da World. ) A . Y f&fA4S BMKFIREJ mi British cpnnonbaU$ WERE CCUtcTED FROMTHE BEftCH BY FRENCH 'SOLDIERS fcND , FIR&O BfiiCK AT THE eNeMY ""MfUEoN PAlPlfoREActf -ZieAepfAcre, " til I'LL ADMIT IM SKEPTICAL SOME PLACE BUT I'M WHERE WE SOT ROOM TO IP 1,000 TURKI 1,000 OUT OF HORSES HAVE TO LOOSE ? . . - i . W of the placer gold production was from the areas listed. Straus Now French Paris, Nov, 16. (IP) Vienna born Oscar Straus, composer of "The Chocolate Soldier" and other operettas, has been granted French citizenship, it was disclosed today. Straus, 69 years old, has lived in Paris for several years. Ml W W MS I ctl "776 By HAL FORREP' By SOL HES OPEM TO CONVlCTlOM HORSES CAM OUMP THAT CAPSULE ILL, ADMIT VOU GOT r-n I I SOMETHING THERE y 1 1 ii r