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Duke of Kent Inherits-
Princess Louise’s Estate '«
Kensington Palace, until her death
the home Of Princess Louise, one time
Chatelaine at Rideau Hall, may be
come the residence of the Duke and
Duchdss of Kent. The royal paid gave
up their Belgrave Square house at the
beginning of the war and the duchess
has been living in Scotland near the
„dulce’s naval base. He is serving as a
rear-admiral on the staff of the com
mander-in-chief of the home fleet.
Accidents Kill 93,000 in U.S.
During Year
Accidents killed 93,000 in the Unit
ed States in 1939, * injured 8,800,000,
and cost an estimated $3,300,000,000,
the National Safety Council reported.
T-hese figures represented a saving of
about 800 lives and a one per cent,
reduction from ithe 1938 toll. The 1939
accident rate of 71 death per 100,000
population was the lowest since 1900
with two exceptions—1921 and 1922.
Leading the list were motor vehicle
accidents, Which accounted for‘32-,600
deaths, 18 mor.e than in 1938, and
caused approximately 1,115,000 non-
fatal injuries. Economic losses were
estimated at $1,500,000,000. ’
Member of Jury Arrested
As Murder Suspect
Harold- — Provincial police investi
gating-the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
nold Wellman arrested Fred Thain, .a
neighbor of the aged farmcouple and
a member of the coroner’s jury to in
quire into the double slaying, on a
holding charge.. Crown Attorney B.
D. Donnam said he had issued .a war
rant for Timin’s- arrest on the request
of Inspector A. H. Ward, who said he
was.anxious to question -the man fur
ther. Thain’s farm is north and ad
joining that of the Wellman farm,
where the couple were found dead re
cently with their heads half blown off
by shotgun charges.
Award Hauptmann’s Son
$23,500 Over Accident
New York — A Supreme Court aw
arded Manfried Hauptmann, 6-year-
old son of the Lindbergh baby kid
napper, , $23,500 for injuries he receiv
ed when he Was struck by the auto
mobile of Cartoonist Frank Moser, oh
May 5th, 1938. The Jury also award
ed $2,000, to the boy’s mother, Mrs,
Bruno Hauptmann. Mrs. Hauptmann
had asked $100,000 damages, Charg
ing Moser with negligence and con
tending the toy was rendered epilep
tic and permanently injured*
Grand Juries Abolished
Toronto — Long-heralded, the On
tario Government's move to stream-
line the provincial judicial system
through the*"abolition of grand juries
and the reduction by half of the num
ber of jurors in civil actions, came in
to existence in the Ontario Legislat
ure. Introducing the, bill for first
reading, Hon. Gordon Conant, attorn
ey-general, told the House that both
changes were recommended In the re
port of Fred Barlow, master of the
•Supreme Court of Ontario, who made
a survey of Ontario’s judicial system.
At the present time 12 jurors are re
quired to try a civil case in the courts.
Would Rebuild Europe
With American Gold
New Haven, Conn. — A free gift
’of some of the United States’ accumu-
lated gold and use of the resources of
the federal reserve system to help re
construct Europe after .the war, were
advanced as possibilities by Adolf A.
Berle, Tr., assistant secretary of state.
When peace comes, he said, the Unit
ed States will face heavy responsibil
ities for a return of the world to. ec
onomic sanity.
Agreement Reached on
Radio Time Division
Ottawa — The Canadian Broadcast
ing Corporation announced the com
pletion of an agreement between’ the
CBC and the four political parties in
regard to broadcasting the forthcom
ing general election campaign. Total
free time will be 12% hours divided
among the parties, Liberal, Conserva
tive, Co-Operative Commonwealth
Federation and Social Credit. The
12% hours of free time is for broad
casting over the national network of
the CBC, though the various parties
may purchase .time through private
stations for • local and provincial
broadcasting purposes. Allotment of
national network time over CBC giv
es the Liberals 5% hours, Conserva
tives 4% hours, C.C.F., 1% hours, and
Social Credit, 1% hours.
Ex-Kaiser Urges War on Russia
New York — Former Kaiser Wil
helm, of Germany, has written his
friend arid biographer, Poultney Bige
low, that ’he believed that Germany,
Great Britain and France should stop
fighting each^ other and join Finland
against Soviet Russia. His letter,
made public by Bigelow, was mailed
January 16 from Wilhelm’s retreat at
Doorn, Holland., "The magnificent
stand of the Finns has smashed the
nimbus of Bolshevism and set people
thinking—with the result that -the
wish for peace is gaining ground,” he
wrote. ’
3481 MILES BY
AUTO AND TRAILER
Experience of W. A. and Mrs. Elliott
Travelling by Cat and Trailer from
Kirkland Lake, Ont,, to Vancouver,
* British Columbia
Editor's Mote — Mr. and Mrs. El
liott called in Wingham. and other,
points in this « community while on
this trip. Mr. Elliott was a resident
here about 50 years ago. 'this article
on his trip we Believe will be very
interesting to out residents. We are
indebted to Mrs, John Elliott of Erm
Wawanosh for loaning us this fine
story, Mt, Elliott asks, ’does life begin
at 75?. Read his story and you will
As many of our friends already
know,, last year we built a cabin trail-:
er, rented opr plape in Brandon and
planned on taking a years’ holiday or
a honeymoon only forty-one years -
but - what’s the difference.
We intended, leaving early in July
but early in $May I accepted a posi
tion with the leading'1 architect of
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, for the sea
son ending about the end of October.
I itook over’ duties May 12th. Mrs.
Elliott accompanied by pur eldest son,
E, E., joined me in June, v>
When the end of October arrived
it was up to us to return to Mani
toba or go through to Vanvouver if
weather and roads permitted. Our
friends and relatives advised against
this, thinking a boy of my. age would
not to able to make it,, bdt "The Soul
that fears is a Soul that’s lost”.
At 2,30 Sunday, October 22nd, I
stepped on the starter and headed
south. Cold weather had already set
in that bustling little, city of Kirkland
Lake. It was snowing a little but the
sun came out to give us a send-off.
Grant and Mrs. Murray, together with
our two little grand daughters, Cook
ie and Mary Murray, also our son
Harris and his wife,' aceqinpanied us
in another car for a distance of seven
miles down the highway. We said
farewell on the roadside, .the little
girls not knowing what it was all
about, taking it for granted they
would see >us again in a day or two as
a matter of course.
Here is where our story begins. Af
ter departing with members of our
family on the roadside, we continued
south toward North Bay, a distance
of about 175 miles.' We did not go far
when Ave discovered that we* bad a
trailer behind us, without having to
look back to see if it was coming. We
pushed on over a hill, down again —
then another; reaching Englehart we
come Upon a paved road and a pros
perous looking country , with scenic
lakes. Continued on through Hanbury,
New Lisk’eard, Haileybury, Cobalt and
Latchford, the end of the pavement.
Then on through rocks and hills,
short -turns and sharp curves. We
found it necessary to make a power
’dive down one hill in order to get
speed enough to climb‘the next; in
most every case meeting cars or
trucks in the most dangerous places.
(The traffic on this road is heavy at
all times.)
We parked for the night at Gow-
ard. Next morning had to break ice
one-half inch thick in order to get
water for our radiator. We theft pro
ceeded on our journey through, the
rocky hills. We met up with many
construction crews blasting and grad
ing a nbw highway that will soon be
come one of the best in the Doming
ion. We reached North Bay (the
Gateway to the North and West) at
noon on Monday.
From North Bay to Detroit
, After spending two hours in this
up-to-date little city, We continued on
to Callander, reaching there at 2 p.m.
We were disappointed to learn that
we could only be permitted to see the
Dionne Quints at 10 a.m.
Proceeding south along the east
shore of Lake Nipissing, the highway
is lined with cottages and boats, for
rent, fishing, etc. We soon reached
Burk’s Falls, where We spent the
night with relatives we have not seen
for over fifty-seven year’s. We had a
most enjoyable visit. Tuesday morn
ing we travelled through the beauti
ful Muskoka Lake district; still more
cottages for rent, boats, fishing, etc.
(This is the Ontario busy man’s va
cation. ground.) Continuing south
through-Huntsville, Gravenhurst, Or
illia and Barrie, we turned west at
Cookstown, Through AlliS'ton and
Shelburne to Mount Forest; where we
spent the night at the home 8f our
sister. After an enjoyable and too
short a stay we left, escorted out of
town b/ the Chief of Police (he was
my nephew simply showing us the
way out). From Mount Forest we
drove to the farm home of my broth
er, M. H., neat Wingham and spent
the night. We then proceeded to the
home, of my sister, niece, and her
husband at Walton, where we made
our headquarters. We then called on
friends at Blyth, Belgrave, Marnock,
E. Wawaftosh, Wingham and .Blue
vale.
Fearing the passes in the Rockies
might be snowed in, we were obliged
to make our stay in Ontario short,
so at 2 p.m., October twenty-ninth,
we again headed south. My brother,
M. H., and his Wife, our son E, E.,
drove up from Fort Erie, our cousins
Polly and Rubena Duff of Bluevale
and Toronto were also on the scene
to give us a send-off/
We passed south through London
and made Arbour Villa, for ithe night.
Next, morning we went via Highway
No. 2 to Windsor; stopping off in
Chatham long enough to change $140,
of our Canadiati money for $126.15
U. S, A, money. Reached Windsor
about 4 p.m. We waited until 6.4b for
an obliging" young friend of ours from
Detroit to join us and pilot us lo his
home in that city.
We cleared the customs officials
about 7 p.m. and then drov^ for some
miles through Detroit's traffic in the
dark and rain to the home of- my old
partner, Dave Gorman (Architect),
Detroit to Fargo
After spending two very enjoyable
days with Dave and his charming
family, we headed for the West over
No. 112; passed through Jonesville,
Coldwater, Sturgis and South through
Elkhart, Indiana, and camped for the
night at Miskawaka near South Bend.
A beautiful park with tall oak' trees
and two neat ^little houses painted
snowy white,. while the large black
lettering on the doors stood out in
bold relief. On one door "Adam” the
other "Eve”. Next morning we went
West through South Bend, in order
to avoid Chicago's heavy traffic. We
headed south through Valparaiso and
on to Joliet, where we turned north.
South, of Chicagot we met up with a
heavy snow storm, It fell so thick that
in a short time it was 2 inches thick
on our wiqd shield. The wiper could
not handle it so we had to clear it
by hand. Some trucks parked on the
side of the highway and awaited re
sults, we .pushed on thinking we might
ride it out, we did after an hour or
so an'd went into Joliet with a clear
sky. From Joliet we went north
through Aurora, Elgin/ to near Gen
eva Lakes, Wise., for the night. Next
morning November 3rd, we moved N.
W. through beautiful Wisconsin, with
its rolling fields and its towns alive
with industry. Passing through Mad
ison, Baraboo and Black River Falls,
camping for the night nine miles north
of' the town. Next morning proceeding
, north on No. 12, passing through
Augusta, Eau Claire, St. Paul and on
to Anoka, Minn.; where we camped
in the town park. The cabin parks
could not take care of Trailerites,
notwithstanding they had* plenty of
room. At Anoka I had the car greased
and clutch adjusted (but don’t think
,it needed it.) Sunday, November 5th,
we travelled bn No. 10 through St.
Cloud, Mortley, Wadina, Detroit
Lakes, and camped for the night at
Delwor.th, (eight miles east of Fargo).
Up to this time we had not fully de
cided whether to go north and spend
the winter in Brandon or Winnipeg,
but we could not agree on a winter
stay in Manitoba that would be agree
able to us and we feared that some
of the steep mountain passes would'
be difficult to negotiate pulling a trail
er if they had either ice or snow oh
the oiled roads. However, when we
reached Fargo and got our mail and
learned that all was well at home we
simply left it to the "Dodge” to de
cide. It was a beautiful sunny day and
"Believe it or not” she just headed for
the land of the setting sun and speed
ed away.
Fargo to Anaconda
Going west out of Jamestown, there
is a long steep hill, an'd it took us
all our time to make it, believing the
clutch was still slipping. To us this
appeared to be a serious matter and
meant delay, as. we were anxious to
reach Ananonda to celebrate our
forty-first wedding 'day • in the city
where we were married.
Stopping in at Medina the only auto
mechanic in town was in the country
and we had to wait about two hours
for his return. When he returned he
jumped into the Dodge and started
the motor and discovered the clutch
was O. K. The trouble was in the
motor and one spark plug was, broken
and two others were not getting any
juice. He fixed us up and we were on
our way after loosing about three or
four hours time. We made Melsoken
for th.e night. Next morning we had
to go only about twelve miles before
reaching Bismark, and we just made
it — our motor was all to the bad. I
turned the Dodge over to Corwiti-
Ghurchill .Motors, mechanics that
knew their stuff. Upon removing the
cylinder head they found two valves
were* stuck. They removed consider
able carbon, cleared the valves, re
placed everything, gave the motor. a
pintzof liquid to remove the carbon,
I think it was "White Mule’’,*, for
when turned loose no brakes or throt
tles would hold her. Loosing almost
a day with motor troublejour sched
ule was all to the bad. Mrs. E. was
bound we should not spend a night in
the Bad Lands, fearing it would give
her the creeps. “Circumstances alter
cases”. Leaving Bismatk* about 1.30
we could not make Glcnive,
Montana, so were obliged to spend
thp ftight of November 7th at (Medora
in the heart of the Bad Lands. After
leaving Bismark we tan into a snow
Sitotm but kept on our course and
drove through it. At Medora we were
camped near the edge of one of those
craters like pits, miles. in length and
width, with the bottom extending
hundreds of feet below the surface.
The ridge on the opposite side looked
to be hundreds of feet above where
we were standing. In some of these
pits have been found petrified forests
and bones of prehistoric animals.
While we were looking at this grand
background, as if for our comfort the
morning sun rose over the ridge and
brought out the many thousands of
shades of beautiful coloring, far be
yond the dreams of our greatist art
ists, differing from the Grand Canyon
only in beauty. With our motor work
ing 100% we soon left the scene.
Following No. JO Glendiye was soon
reached and left behind. The same
might be said of Miles City, With ithe
good roads through this level ranch
ing country we were making good
time, We spent the night at Custer,
about fifty miles north of the place
where that gallant soldier made his
last stand. Next morning, November
9th, while gaining some time on our
outlawed schedule, reaching Anaconda
that day did not seem possible, Some
place near Laurel I stopped for gas,
You know in the good old days every
body placed explicit confidence jn the
bartender. He could answer all .quest
ions from where the lost Charlie Ross
could be found to the price of corner
lots in Detroit. Today the motorist
places the same confidence in the
Service Station Man, asking 'him a-
bout the hill ahead. Well, he said,
the Roseman Hill is tough; you may
be able to make it, but I would ad
vise you to put -her into low on the
start and don't stop until you make
the top. When we "reached it .had it
not been for the heavy traffic on the
shajp curves which slowed me up, I
might have made it on high.
Travelling on we reached Living-
On up .to Boseman for the night,
ston. We are now in the Mountains.
There is no mistaking it now, we are
in Montana, the land of Shining
Mountains, where the West lives on,
the land where the old timer meets
the stranger With a smile, where .the
door ds opened by pulling the string,
on the outside, What is it in .this
mountain air that makes us feel years
younger than we really are?
November 10,th. We are up and a-
way, ninety-eight miles to Butte, an
other twenty-six to Anaconda. After
about twenty miles we start to” climb.
We keep on climbing for some dis
tance. We then come to a sign — ten
miles to the Summit. We kept on
climbing, mostly in second, some
times low (this is where the extra
weight is felt). After a while we stop
for lunch and let the motor cool off.
Then we continue the climb, finally
we cross the great Continental Divide,
elevation 6,484 feet. Now we start
going down, Oh boy, who wouldn’t
be a "Trailerite”? After a little we
round a curve and some twelve miles
ahead old historical Butte comes into
the picture; and Alder Gulch, where
Bell Fairweather discovered a gold
deposit paying over one hundred mil
lion dollars; th§, place where Sheriff
Henry Plumer together with his cut
throat deputies and road agents mur
dered over one hundred men, before
the efficient/Vigilantes took matters
into their own hands, and executed
over twenty of them in thirty days.
Butte, the battle ground of the Copper
Kings, which lasted for over seven
years and ended on Wall Street —
where it caused the panic of 1907. Yes,
Butte, the richest hill on Earth, it. has
produced copper, zinc, lead, silver and
gold worth over three billion dollars.
The shafts and tunnels under the hill
would reach over 875 miles. Coming
down we are into Butte, we pass the
cemetery, where Glasscock tells us on
a marker over one’ of the graves bears
the following epitaph, viz; "Here lies
the body of Martha Groft, she had two
sore legs hnd a baddish cough, but it
wasn’t the cough as took her off,
T’was the coffin they took her offin”.
Coming into the corner of the city,
we turn west to Anaconda and once
again view the sights we first saw in
1896, when I landed in Anaconda with
a couple of dollars to the good. Were
it not for the shining mountains in
the distance, .the trip would be dreary,
as all vegetation in the district has
long been killed by the sulphur fumes
from the smelters. At 2 p.m. we reach
Anaconda. .Had we been a little over
fourteen hours earlier, we would have
been there on November 9th. We lost
by about fourteen hours. We spent
three pleasant days with relatives.
Forty-three years ago 1 had many
friends and knew many people here,
but I was able .to locate only three,
the others having passed on to their
reward.
U. S. home improvement plan did
much for Anaconda. At least 25% of
the city has been built up with beaut
iful bungalow’s, no .two alike, a pleas
ing treat for us.
Frbm Anaconda to Spokane
At 10.30 a.m. November 13th, we
Were again on our way taking No.
IDA. After a fourteen mile climb wo
reached the Summit and beautiful Sil
ver ,Lake. We had been to Silver Lake
before in the middle nineties on pic
nics. I dipped a pail of that pure cold
water from the Lake, the Dodge re
quired a drink after the climb, so we
made it three. Turning north'we pass
the Georgetown Lakes and entered the
Canyon on Flint Creek. There we met
up with one of the finest sights of its
kind on ottr entire trip, Following the
creek through this valley of sunshine,
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ANY DAY A FISH DAY
we pass Philipsburg, and connect with
No. 10 proper at Drummond. Then
on to Missoula, one of the finest cities
in the State, where we' spent the night.
In Missoula, we learned by taking
Highway 93 and 3 via Thompson
Falls to Sand Point, Idha, we could
have a down grade run of about two
hundred miles, and would avoid the
steep climb on No. 10 at Mullan. It
was. fifty miles longer, but we took it;
about one mile, east of the Idaho line
we reached a point 3,000 miles from
Kirkland Lake. Here we took a photo
graph of our outfit.
We reached Sand Point about 3,45
p.m., pasisng around the north side of
the Lake and the spot where the E.
F. O. camped in 1923. Crossing the
mile long bridge (now a new struc
ture) we camped in a nice park on the
south side of the lake.
Next morning we started south for
Spokane in a thick fog, that did not
clear for two hours. We reached
Spokane about noon, here I called on
an old friend of mine, Frank Cast-
ongia, that I met in Anaconda in 1896.
I gave him a message from his brother
in Kirkland Lake,
From Spokane to Vancouver
Leaving Spokane next morning in a
heavy fog, and heavy traffic, we were
unable to see anything but head and
traffic lights. About ten miles out the
fog cleared.
Here we were able to’ save twenty-
five miles and avoid heavy climbing
in Blewett Pass by going south to
Ritzville and taking a new road across
the desert to Vantage on the Colum
bia. West of Spokane wc met up with
many trucks of the semi-trailer type,
pulling an extra ‘trailer, in all the out
fit is mounted on sixteen wheels, car-
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THE CAPTION SAYS SHE’S TYPICAL
This is a comely cadet of the Wo
men’s Auxiliary Territorial Service,
otie of the volunteer organization in
which 2,000,000 British/women are do
ing their bit. She is in training at the
"Women's Sandhurst, an establish*
ment attached to the eastern com*
maud where A.T.S. girls are given of
ficers’ courses.