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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-02-08, Page 3Thursday, February 8, J 940 WINGHAM APVANC^TIMES PAGE TH® •>> V«1 H w......... agree with him that it -is- at least worth while at his age if one can en joy life as he is, „ ’i UPTON'S IT’S FULL-FLAVOURED Forget insipid teas, Change now to Lipton’s and enjoy a tea that is always full-flavoured. Brew it strong. Brew it weak. Its fine, full-bodied flavour retains all its richness, bring­ ing you exhilarating enjoyment in every cupful. Buy Lipton’s today. More economical because* its richness provides more cups to the pound. ' RED ORANGE YELLOW fLipton’ALABEL LABEL LABEL k Finest ) .'•ml F’DE’E* Al! pound and half-pound paokages of Lipton's Tea r Iitx contain coupons which you can save and exchange for - beautiful Wm. Rogers & Bon Siiverpiate. Write wow for Premium Gift * Book to Thomas J. Lipton Limited, Lipton Bldg., Toronto. I H WlIf MIBiinil FULL-FLAVOURED (Small Leaf) TEA 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, S Want to surprise the family with a new dinner­ time treat? 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Addfest......................*....................... .............................................................................. CW-21 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- (Continued on Page Six) 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.