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MEDFORD MATT., TRTBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, 'AUGUST 27. 1940.
mEmoRy of the moon
by J
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Bo
wmini
YESTERDAY. Comtanco it
tcddtned by the treachery of her
brother's telegram. She decldtt
to stay several days, and goes to
Beach port to interview the tarn
ily lawyer. Judge Franck.
Chapter 10
Dairy Farm
THE old man leaned forward
and stared anew. "You are no
Cabrillo." he Mid. "No. I've
known three generation! of them.
Courtesy, that'i what a Cabrillo
gives you; old world courtesy, all
excepting Bridget, but then (he
wasn't born a Cabrillo.
"Ah. but she was a woman." His
voice faded and slowed as he rose
and came across to Constance.
"That's it . . . that's what you are
... a Mahonev. Put some meat on
those bones of yours . . . what did
you say your given name was?"
"All rieht," agreed Constance.
. wearily. "I'm no Cabrillo. I'm the
old Mick done over In skirls. In
other words. Judge, I'm a throw
back." Judge Franck pounded the arm
of her chair and roared. "Well,
bless my soul and body, a throw
back: a Cabrillo who turned into
a Mick: come on close to my desk.
There child, sit down: now tell me
again, what is your name?"
"Call me Michael," auggested
Constance.
"Fine. Now. Michael, tell me all
about yourself. I think I might
give you the answers. By gad.
girl, it's good to see you. I sup
pose you came out to see about
selling the ranch. Well, sir, you
couldn't do better than sell to the
Taylors. Fine men, both of them,
and they've named you a fair
price."
"I have no Intention of aelllng
EI Cabrillo ranch."
Until Constance heard her own
voice, she had not realized how
nrmly she had reached this deci
sion.
"If the Taylors can find a way
to make money out of somebody
else's property, then a Cabrillo
who turned out a mlck, can do
ine same thing.
The afternoon waxed and the
afternoon waned. Constance
pounded one side of the desk and
the judge pounded the other. And
then, when they were both tired,
the judge paced the room and
held a lengthy verbal argument
with himself.
"Michael," he came to a atop
before her, "you could talk me
into giving a kidnaper a suspend
' ed sentence."
"Meaning?" Constance kept the
triumph out of her voice.
Judge Franck sat down heavily.
"There is no ethical reason I
shouldn't tell you what I know.
There is a moral reason. The Tay
lor's plans are generally known;
however, there isn't a man in this
country who wouldn't keep them
from an outsider."
"And a Cabrillo Is an outsider?"
asked Constance.
"The present generation of Cm
brlllos are outsiders," affirmed the
juoge. I he Taylors have won the
right to be natives by their integ
rity: their untiring efforts to put
another family's ranch on a pay
ing basli.
"The Cabrillos have lost these
iame rights by their assumption
of ranches running themselves;
by their complete lark of interest
in their land and .their commu
nity." "An! the Initial efforts of the
Cabrillos mean nothing?" asked
Constance. "We Cabrillos haven't
inherited any consideration? The
original Don didn't leave anything
to us in consideration when he
started this very city? And
Mickey Mahonev didn't contrib
ute anything when his money
Jiaid for that courthouse and he
aid the cornerstone? Hasn't his
memory any value?"
Judee Franck sished and nod
ded. "It has. and if DM Mir-ha.l
Mahoney wasn't looking out of
your eyes. I'd be struck dead for
telling you what I am about to
tell."
Their Fresent Plana
pONSTANCE had argued well.
She had admitted the Tavlnrs
had earned certain rights. "But
why," she had demanded, "must
we pay with all we have left for
a service we didn't demand? Sure,
ly there is other land they can
purchase if they must own land."
It was here Judge Franck had
capitulated.
"Not and carry out their pres
ent plans." he had objected.
Constance edsed nearer her
chair, waiting for him to reveal
these plans.
"If you've looked over the
ranch, you'll remember there are
heavy stands of timber beyond
your eastern boundary. Now. El
Cabrillo is shaped like a new
moon, its horns as wide as its cen
ter. It holds this timber within its
broken circle It is practically in
accessible to the railroad without
hundreds of miles of trackage.
"You say you came in on the
short line running through Full
er's Junction, consequently vou !
don't realize that the main line,
coming to Beachport. runs
through the inland valley country j
"Now if a smir could h nm
from the main line east of Bi-ach-port
and through the northern
horn of your ranch, the haul of
timber to the mills would be com
paratively short, the cost of lav
mg the spur well worth the ex
pense.
that understanding killed her
faith in tht Taylors. They had
wanted to rush the sale of the
ranch and. probably, get half of
the cost of the land back by sell
ing a right of way.
Blue eyes focused on the gray
cornerstone of the court-house.
Michael Mahoney had laid that
She was a throwback. The Judge
had been telling her about "the
old pirate." Michael had played
fair with his friends. He had out
witted his enemies before they
were aware of it.
Then why did she feel like this?
As though half the joy in posses
sing Ei Cabrillo had gone?
"Sick. Michael?" asked the
Judge anxiously. "You look pale."
"Not exactly." she managed,
with a thin smile. "It was just that
I thought the Taylors were plan
ning something constructive . . .
not planning to double-cross us"
"But dear child they are plan
ning something constructive, of
fered the Judge, quickly. "This
spur running through El Cabrillo
makes it possible.
"Michael, he leaned across ana
took her young hand in his old
one. "El Cabrillo. without the
spur, isn't worth fifty thousand to
anyone but a Cabrillo.
"I want you to hear me
through, and maybe from your
own family's history you can un
derstand how we must adjust our
selves to change.
"Let's go back to the Don Ca
brillo wa know the most about.
He came of tht leather age. He
raised cattle, like his father before
him, for their hides; lean, tough
steers that grazed on thousands
of acres and needed only his
peons to herd them to market.
Michael's Vision
"HE had top markets In Russia,
1 the Orient and Europe. Then
other countries began negotiating
for that trade and prices dropped.
He had saved no money, tie had
thought he had no need of it, and
his children, despising ranch life,
spent all of their time, and his
money, in New York, Vienna, and
Paris.
"About this time Michael Ma
honey came over from Irelandr
came steerage, to cross the plains
looking for gold. He finally landed
in San Francisco with the need
of a beefsteak under his belt: but
beefsteak was only for men who
struck gold. There was no beef in
this cattle country that a man
could put his teeth into.
so Michael went orosnect n
for gold to buy his beefsteak. He
hired out on a wagon train going
to Oregon, and when the train
broke up before it even reached
the line, he cut over to the moun
tains to prospect
He came uoon El Cabrillo. run
down, the old Don defeated.
Michael looked at the steers
and had a vision. He saw them re
placed with fat, sleek beef cattle
. . tenner meat.
"Michael bargained. He offered
to buy the forty-five thousand
acres of ranch land and cattle.
me rancn proper was not includ
ed, for thirty-five hundred dol
lars gold."
"But how could he?" asked
Constance, "if he couldn't even
buv a steak."
"You don't know vour ureal.
grandfather," opined the judge.
"Michael came up to Beachport, a
landing it was then. He bargained
a barber into giving him a shave
ana hair cut. and then h met
Simon. He bargained Simon into
giving him a suit of clothes . . .
and five hundred dollars gold. And
Simon, who dealt in human in
tegrity, looked into the eyes of
Michael Mahoney and gave him
the gold."
Constance was thinking. I have
no gold. When I reach home I'll
be nearly broke until mv next
commission. But if Michael could
. I Willi
What did he do then?" .he
asked eagerly.
"There were pirates in those
days. They sought the coves of El
Cabrillo for shelter and trade
Michael now owned the coves and
he wasn't afraid of the devil him
self, so he went down and forced
them to pay for their shelter.
"He bargained with them. He
traded steer for beef cattle, sleek,
fat kine from Europe. Once the
ranch was stocked, he sold these
beefsteaks on the hoof at top
prices, to cafes in 'Frisco, and
made the pirate ships deliver
them.
"Within three years he had paid
off Don Cabrillo, and paid Simon,
who reveled more in the gold he
found in Michael s character than
he reveled in the increase in his
investment
"Now we come to the present
another change.
"First climate. Somehow we've
swung into the wet belt and with
the decrease In grazing, voung
trees, too valuable to the future
to he sacrificed, are springing up
"Next the grazing land is re
duced by boundaries, and there
are no nearby State reservations
"And then, the present huhly
competitive market command
only the best beef at decent pricea
"The Taylors recognized this
change but they were helpless to
cope with it They had to own the
land before they could borrow
money for the next step, nsmely.
turning El Cabrillo into a mod
ern well paying, Dairy Ranch."
A dairy ranch." breathed Con
stance in contempt and she
thought of Peter Tavlor and his
Dutch belted herd. He had been
sure enough of owning El Cabrillo
iw "i est in mat.
me Longshore Lumber Com- "Why the scorn?" inquired the
pany. owning timber rights to the Judge. "W. l, on m k wh
territory mentioned, is ready to i we come into the world and we're
CrV;r h.'. r""hl 0f Kty " ' don to it before ;
tltabrilio 'leave. Its the thing for this coun.
Constance turned to look out of try."
the window. She understood, and ' le centlnura
EUGENE 'SUICIDE'
of Hugh O'Brien was found
hanging in his downtow n furni
ture store basement was in his
own handwriting. Officials had
suspected the note, admitting
suicide, might have been forged
London Aug 27. ( Vi The
Eusene. Airs. 27. I.T State death of the Duke of Guise, pre
police handwriting experts in tender to the French throne, at
Sn'.em tcdav rot. dirt Coroner Lararhe. Spanish Morocco, was
Charles P. I'oolc that the note reported from Madrid today by
found last week alter tl'.a body 1 Reuters, British news agency.
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TAX BILL SIGNED
Chicago, Aug. 27. (IP) Fed
eral Judge John P. Barnes
stated today he would sign a
summary judgment of $201,347
against AI Capone for taxes, in
terest and penalties on his in
come for the years 1924 to
1929.
Abraham Tietelbaum, counsel
for the former Chicago gang
lord, tried unsuccessfully to ob
tain a continuance on the
ground that Capone couldn't af
ford to pay such a Judgment
and that a compromise offer
was still pending in the internal
revenue, department.
But Judge Barnes ordered
the judgment drawn up, in
forming Assistant U. S. District
Attorney Paul Ziffren that he
would sign it this afternoon.
Capone is recuperating from
an illness on his Palm Island
estate off the coast of Florida.
Closing tun for Too Lata to Clas
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Washington, Aug. 27.,
The White House announced to
day President Roosevelt would
ask congress for legislation per
mitting Jesse H. Jones to fetain
his present position as federal
loan administrator if he be
comes secretary of commerce.
Stephen Early, presidential
secretary, said Jones was "very
anxious'' to accept the cabinet
post, but his nomination would
not be sent to the senate until
the proposed legislation has
been acted.
The legislation will mention
Jones by name and will pro
vide that he be permitted to
i hold both offices notwithstand-
ing existing prohibitions
i against a man holding two fed
jeral offices. It also will provide
that the total compensation
shall not exceed the IIS.OOO
provided by law for a cabinet
member. Jones now gets $12,000
as loan administrator.
Cot. Slassen to Speak
Spokane, Aug. 27. .?) Gov".
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota,
kevnoter of the Republican na
tional convention at Philadel
phia, will be the principal
speaker at the northeast Wash
ington Republican rally at nat
atorium park here tonight, party
officials said today.
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years ago jail and hotel merged to provide quarters for Windham county officials, as
county court is held there twice a year.
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Carol Bruce, demonstrating popular danea records in a Brooklyn five-and-ten-cent store,
listened to so much music that soon she was chanting torch songs with the best of tha
recording artists. Now, she's a singing success in the Broadway musical show, "Louisiana
Purchase."
Tomorrow: Navy's Genealogist.
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