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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-05-20, Page 8THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES l Thursday, May 20th, 1937 have had more money to stall yuh off. Brockwell is so damned greedy he’s SYNOPSIS; Slim Loyale is parol ed from prison after serving eighteen ! months for a crime he did not com mit He returns to his Circle L ranch to find his father dead and sinister forces at work, trying to make him violate his parole so that he can again be railroaded to prison. The Brockwells and their gang are plotting to gain possession of Circle L ranch and the property of Mona Hall, a neighbor and life-long friend of Slim Loyale. Slim discovers that Sheriff Starbuck has joined the plot against him, With the help of Dakota Blue and his cow boys, Slim Loyale defies the land grabbers to do their worst. Starbuck came over and entered, “Well?” he demanded. “What did Loyale an’ Blue want?” The lawyer fumbled nervously for a black stogy, snapped the tip off and lit it. “Loyale tried to get me to sell the Dot H Dot mortgage to him. I’m afraid they are beginning to get wise, Starbuck,” “I know damned well they are,” grunted the sheriff. “They shore hung me. over a barrel just now. ,1 got a hunch I’m gonna be the final goat in .this deal. It won’t be healthy for a ’lot of folks I can name, if things shape that way too strong.” Arthur looked puzzled. “I don't exactly understand.” “I mean that Brockwell is gettin’ too raw,” exploded Starbuck, the an ger* he had been subduing breaking forth in full fury. “Him an’ his crowd are clumsy as a bunch of oxen, Start from the beginnin’ an' count up the slips he’s made. “Yuh an’ me put Slim Loyale in Jarillo, knowin’ Bart Loyale would be daid before Slim got out. Then the question of a parole for Slim came up. Brockwell promised us that he had influence enough to block that parole. He fell down an’ Slim got out. “In the meantime he was gonna, see that Dakota Blue was put outa the way. The best he could do about that was to miss a good shot at Blue one day along Nigger Ridge. 'Since then Blue’s been too wary to be got. Sarg. ain’t been able to pull down the Dot H Dot herds fast enough to keep the Hall girl from payin’ her interest on that note yUh hold. ■“Why, I hear he was even dick erin’ to buy up some of her stuff. Course he’d have robbed her, give her only half what the stock was worth, but had the deal gone through she’d blind! “Anyway, last night he had a chance to get Slim* Loyale on the trail be tween the Circle L and the Dot H Dot. Loyale got through clean with the help of Roy O’Brien. Before the night was over, O’Brien plugged Rango Deale. “Deale and Cinder Alton were pals. So what does that crazy Alton do but try to wipe out Loyale again just now up in the Wild Horse, Loyale didn’t even have a gun on him. Alton got upset an’ his guns were taken off him. An* Loyale an’ Blue are all through turnin’ the other cheek. “Loyale’s puttin’ on his guns. He told me straight that, parole or no parole, he’s gonna start throwin’ lead. He also said that if I tried to take him into custody he’d salivate me. An’ Dakota Blue an’ the whole Circle L outfit is backin’ Loyale to a finish. night and clean up the whole nest.” Starbuck laughed scornfully. “Yuh gone crazy too?” he demanded. “Yuh sound like it, talkin’ that way, Lis ten here, Arthur. Only a idiot under estimates his opponent. Slim Loyble is a scrappin’ fool; he comes from that kinds stock. Backin’ him are three of the most dangerous men that ever swung a laig over a saddle. I’m referrin’ to Dakota Blue, Stoney Sheard an’ Roy O’Brien. Wind them three up an’ get ’em started, an’ they’re better than a dozen ordinary men, Steve Owens an’ Charley Quinn are young cubs, but not afraid of anythin’ under the sun. “An’ me, I’d rather trade wallops with a grizzly bear than mix it hand to hand with that big Swede cook, Oscar. So just knock the idee outa yore haid that the Circle L spread can be rushed an’ wiped out in ‘ a pitched fight.” "But we’ve got to do something,” snapped the lawyer, “The opening of the Kicapoo River range is due the middle of next month, The migration of the Big Bend herds will start im mediately. In fact, I know that some of them are on the move already, in tending to be the first on the new ground. We’ve got to get control of the Circle L and the Dot H Dot, or all our plans and work will go for Nope. I’m keepin’my coat tails clear — You can tell Brockewll that, mid to hell with both of you?’ Damn Brockwell an’ his crowd for a bunch of knot-haided fools, anyhow!” Starbuck had talked so fast and .with so much pent-up anger, that he was breathless when he finished. George Arthur had begun pacing about his office again, his thin lips pursed, his forehead wrinkled with agitated thought. "Things have been badly messed,” he agreed jerkily. “But of course, if the worst comes to the worst, we can stage a raid on the Circle L some nothing. We’ve just got to do it, I tell you.” Starbuck laughed harshly. "Yuh an’ Brockwell go ahaid an’ get ’em then,” he said mockingly. “Me, I’m about through. I sat into this plan in the first place, willin’ to do my part, ’cause I figgered I was sidin’ in with men who had some savvy an’ brains. I found I was mistaken. . “I’ll jstill play the game with yuh, as far as I can swing it. But I’m sittin’ back an’ sayin’ nothin’. The Hikers Take The Skv Line Trail IJctef Whyte, prominent Banff 1 artist whose paintings grace many drawing rooms In Canada and the United States, will lead the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies on a most in teresting four-day holiday thia year to Larch Valley near beau tiful Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ton Peaks, Plans have been completed for the annual, outing, from August < to 9, of thfo unique .oTgehiu- tion which seeks out the loveliest spots in the Canadian Rockies and spends four healthy, happy days on Shank’s mare touring the valleys, alpine meadows, and rocky country above the timber line. While hiking is a popular all summer sport at Banff Springs Hotels and Chateau Lake Louise, to the Trail Hikers goes credit for popularizing beauty spots off the beaten trails. Like explorers of old, c.Qjal) the .country fat vantage points to witness a spec tacular sunset or sunrise, for camera shots to take back home as trpphies, and for lakes where the trout bite freely. With a cen tral camp In Larch Valley, the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Cana dian Rockies will spend their offi cial fojir-day outing in leisurely jaunts through this particularly interesting section of the Rockies. On the dosing evening they will have a pow-wow and deetioh ot finish is up to yuh an’ Brockwell, damn him, He ain’t played fair at all. He won’t even leave the Vasco stage alone. An’ folks are beginnin’ to look at me sorta outa the corners of their eyes, because I ain’t roundin’ up the jaspers who are pullin’ them hold-ups. “We fixed one of them hold-ups once on a innocent man, Slim Lo yale. But that game ain't gonna get over a second time. Nope, I’m keep in’ my coat tails in the clear from now on, Yuh can tell Brockwell that, an’ to hell with both of yuh!” Saying which, Jigger Starbuck stalked out of the door and crossed to the solitude of his own office, i That same morning, Mona Hall had just finished her breakfast when Abe Fornachon clanked into her room. “Mornin’, Miss Mona,” he drawled, his deep eyes flitting over her wist fully. “I hear there was trouble along the trail last night.” Mona started up, her face white, her hands going to her throat. "Slim” she gasped, “Slim isn't—” “Slim’s all right,” broke in Abe Fornachon gently. “Brockwell’s gang was layin’ for him, but between him an' Roy O’Brien they foxed ’em. There was one casualty. Rango Deale got rocked off ,by Roy. Shore, there’s bad trouble brewin’.” Mona nodded, her eyes tragic. “I’ve sensed it piling up on this range, Abe, for a long time. Ever since they sent Slim to prison I’ve felt that sin ister'cloud' hanging above us all. I’m afraid, Abe—afraid.” Abe stared somberly out of the window, “Don’t go to Iosin’ yore courage, Miss Mona. I admit there’s a lot of polecats on this range, but there’s quite a count of white men also. No, I wouldn’t worry too much, was I yuh.” Still later that morning, almost noon, in fact, a buckboard rattled up to the Dot H Dot. George Arthur, dressed in a voluminous linen duster, and a narrow-brimmed Stetson got out of it. There was a sharp, nervous impatience in his eyes, his thin lips were set. Mona met him on the porch, murmuring a perfunctory greeting. Arthur wasted no time in getting to the purpose of his visit.- “Miss Hall,” he rasped, “are you prepared to settle the note I hold against your ranch?” Mona’s heart sank. She shook her head. “No, I’m not, Mr. Arthur—at least, hot immediately. But with a little more time—” "B-but you said—” Mona was fenc ing rather frantically, but Arthur cut her short again, with almost brutal directness. "What I may have said in the past has absolutely no beating on the pre sent, Miss Hall. Again 1 am sorry, but business exigencies force this step upon me. I. am giving you ten days’ notice. On the twentieth of this month I will take possession. Good day.” He was gone before Mona could collect her wits, leaving her feeling more desolately beaten than ever be fore in her life. It wa'sn’t that - the blow was entirely unexpected. Mona had known that the axe would fall sometime, just as she had intimated to Slim Loyale. But she was human enough to have hung on to one last thread of hope that something might turn up to avert the foreclosure. She turned wearily back to the house, her eyes dimming with tears, her throat convulsed with sobs. Two hours later she hunted up Abe For nachon. “Abe,” she choked, “we’re all done. The old Dot H Dot ranch is about to change proprietors. Ar thur is foreclosing on the twentieth. “You’ll have to tell the boys; 1. •haven’t the heart. Of course, if they want to gamble on Arthur retaining them after he takes over the place, they can. But I can’t afford to keep them another day. I’ve just got about enough to pay them all off, including you. Oh, Abe,-it hurts me so!” She began to sob again, little chok ed sobs that set lines of grim, white suffering about Abe Fornachon’s lips. He laid a big hand on her bowed shoulder. “Don’t yuh worry none about us, Miss. Mona,” he told her gently. "We’ll make out. “Me, I’ve seen this cornin’, an’ I ain’t a mite surprised. For that mat ter, neither will the boys be. O’ Course, it ain’t exactly my business, but why don’t yuh make a deal with Slim Loyale? He’s got plenty of ready cash. I know Slim would be tickled to death to help yuh out.” Mona shook her head. “I couldn’t Abe. I’ye got a litte pride left. I know Slim would help me; he already offered to. But he has had so much trouble himself, I can’t add mine to the load. Besides, there are other reasons that make it—well, I just can’t; that’s alt” “I see,” nodded Fornachon, even though he didn’t. “Well, keep a stiff upper lip. Ten days* time is ten days’ time. Mebbe Somethin’ will turn up.” “No, Abe; nothing will# That’s the trouble. Fve been waiting too long now for some good break to come . along, They just don’t; that’s alt If I had stepped with ruthless hands Business and Professional Directory % HARRY FRYFOGLEWellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. Risks taken on all classes of insur ance at reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Ont, ABNER COSENS, Agent. Wingham. Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Located at the Olffice of the Late Dr, II, W, Cplbome, Office Phone 54. Nights 107 Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service. Phones: Day 117. Night 109. DR. R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29. J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. ' Money to Loan. Office Meyer Block, Wingham THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock. Phone 231, Wingham. Dr. Robt. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (England) L.R.C.P. (London) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone. ♦ Wingham Ontario It Will Pay Yop to Have An EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. See T. R. BENNETT At The Royal Service Station. Phone 174W. DR. W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19. R. S. HETHERINGTON BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Office — Morton Block. Telephone No. 66. J. ALVIN FOX Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours by Appointment. Phone 191. Wingham W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D. •Physician and Surgeon Located at the office of the late Dr. J. P. Kennedy. Phone 150. Wingham F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated. Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre St. Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC and7 ELECTRO THERAPY North Street — Wingham Telephone 300. and forced my own breaks, things would be different now” “Mebbe,” nodded Fornachoii. “Meb- be yore right. Well, I’ll tell the boys. An’ some day I’m gonna cook up a reason to punch that lawyer jasper to a tall thin peak.” Mona went back' to the house. As soon as she disappeared, Abe saddled a bronco and rode off, apparently in search of the Dot H Dot punchers, to give them the bad news. But as soon as he went out of sight of the ranch buildings, He headed straight for the Circle L. He rode rapidly, and about half way between the two places overtook another rider, a tall, keen-eyed man of middle age, dressed in dusty, worn range habiliments. The stranger’s hair was bleached to a straw yellow, as was the long drooping moustache that bracketed his thin, strong mouth. At sound of Abe’s approach, the stranger turned in his saddle and stopped. When Abe came up he nodd ed. "Amigo,” he drawled, his voice deep and slow, “mebbe yuh can tell me where I can locate a feller named Arthur — George Arthur.” Abe looked the stranger over keen ly before answering. “Yeah, I can. Yuh'll find him at his office in town.” "Town called Pinnacle?” “Yeah. Over thataway, a good two hours’ ride.” "Shore, I’m off the trail. But I understood he owned a ranch here abouts—the Dot H Dot Ranch.” Abe stiffened. “There must be a mistake somewhere. Arthur don’t own the Dot H Dot, yet. How long since was it yuh got that word?” Nigh- onto a month'. Yuh see, my name’s Tisdale. I own a purty good- sized spread down in the Big Bend country, but I’m pullin’ out with a lot of other Big Bend ranchers. Too much sheep down there. We’re haid- in’ up into this new Kicapoo country that’s to be opened.” (Continued Next Week) News and Information For the Busy Farmer Feed Cattle at Profit There is still a wide margin of pro fit for the farmer who is willing to finish his cattle suitable for export requirements. A farmer in Manitoba recently sold a load of steers at a net profit of $1,147.65. He paid $3.55 per 100 pounds for the steers deliv ered at his home on November 10, 1936, and sold them the other day at $9 per 100 pounds. He estimated the feed costs at $580; the cost of the cattle was $793, a total outlay of $1,- 373 and the sale amounted to $2,520.- 65, The original weight of the cattle average 855 pounds, and they were fed oats and: barley chop, minerals, one tone of oil cake, prairie hay, and finally three tons of alalfa. With the exception of S00 bushels of his own raising, all the grain used was pur chased at threshing: time, Starters for the Chicks The feed firms manufacture chick starters and growing feeds .which re move the guesswork in feeding. They ■embody in the feeds all that is re quired to grow and develop the Chicks to a certain age. They have, a line.of feed for baby chicks through to the laying pens and also for fattening off the cockerels. This facilitates the work for the poultryman. However, there are some who pre fer to mix their own feeds, and as the O.A.C. cafeteria chick ration has been requested several times lately we are giving it here with, but advise that thoroughness in mixing the dif ferent ingredients is important. Me chanical mixers do a better job than is possible with the shovel. Following is a baby chick cafeteria ration: Rolled wheat, 320 lbs.; wheat bran, 60 lbs,; wheat germ, 100 lbs.; white hominy, 330 lbs.; ground yellow corn 340 lbs.; rolled barley, 100 lbs.; rolled oat groats, 300 lbs.; ground oats, 100 lbs.; ground peas, 60 lbs.; soybean oil meal, 40 lbs.; powdered milk, 140 lbs.; meat meal, 80 lbs.; fish meal, 20 lbs.; cod liver meal, 10 lbs.; 1 pint cod liver oil to each 100 lbs. mixture.. Poultry Breeders Meet Poultry enthusiasts to the number of about sixty, recently attended a .special gathering at the O.A.C., Guelph, sponsored by the Ontario Poultry Confederation. There were visitors present from Stratford, Kit chener, Hamilton, Galt and Elora, as well as from Guelph and vicinity. The visitors were welcomed by Matt Dor an, president of the confederation, who presided. The meeting was held in the main building of the poultry department and Prof. W. R. Graham, head of the department at the O.A.C. was the principal speaker, In his address Prof. Graham dealt with poultry breeding of the present day and the difficulties of raising suit able types for the modern market. He said the chief requirements seemed to be a small bird that produced a large egg. “Canada raises enough fowl for her own market,” said Professor Graham, “and the result is that the housewife, purchasing fowl for the table, can af ford to be particular about what she buys. For that reason,” said the speaker, “it is advisable that the man or woman raising fowl for the mar ket should endeavor to 'grow birds that will sell for less than one dollar each.” Cutworm Control Cutworms are usually active and feeding before most crops are even in the ground. Hence it is most im portant to be prepared for their at tack at the very first of the season. Bran bait has given the most effect ive control for many years, and is made up with the following ingred ients—bran, 20 pounds; molasses, one quart; Paris green, one-half pound, and water, about two and a half gal lons. In making the bait the dry ingred ients should first be thoroughly mix ed. The molasses is then stirred iwj to the water and added to the braS and Paris green. In mixing the bait; only enough water should be added to make the material the consistency of wet sawdust. It must not be made sloppy but should be in the condi tion of crumbling in the hands and slipping easily through the fingers. Land that was heavily infested the year before should be treated prior to the plants being set out. This is done by broadcasting the bait at the rate of 15-20 pounds per acre-a few nights before transplanting. One ap plication should be sufficient, but, if the cutworms are numerous, a second should be made two or three days af ter the first. The bait should always be spread in the evening just before dusk, and, if possible, a warm still night Should be chosen for the work. A gambler caught cheating at cards in New York,‘was thrown out of a window and fell twenty feet. In fut ure no doubt he will only play in bungalows. From all Stations lit Eastern Canada GOING DAILY—MAY 21-31 inclusive Return Limit r 4S day* TICKETS GOOD IN O COACHES at fares approximately lc per mile. • TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately lJ<Gp«rmflK • STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately par mUa. COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING CAR* ADDIT1OMA1. _ ................. n» BAGGAGE Checked. Stopovers atPori Arthur, Annsttdh^Chksti64i«lwwL Tick(^,SlK}>ittgCarfuerfaiions, and all information from any agmi. ASK. FOE BUJntBUA ■ CANADIAN NATIONAL