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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1920-12-2, Page 104 . 9O—Tisttrarby, December 2, 1920. THE SIGNAL ' - GODERIOH. 0NT. Always tho same rich, full -flavored tea. Sold only in the sealed air -tight Red Rose Cl:rton. "THE PEOPLE'S GARAGE oder New Management IP Slaving taken over the business of "The People's Garage," MR. J. L. DEMERLING announces - that he is ready for All Kinds of Repair Work ng a first-class mechanic, who has served• his time both as machinist and auto repairer, he Guarantees A 11 Work Free Air for all. Gasoline, guaranteed measure Cars Stored for Winter at Reasonable Rates J. L. DEMERLING Victoria Street, Opposite Victoria Park 1 READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS in The Signal this week and every week. h merchants are offering some great bargains. EN ROUTE. CHICAGO. We had breakfast on the train. not because we wished to s: ve tom 'hut rather to kill time. Killing time is an old hobby of one half the human race, just as sawn,; time is an old hobby of the other half. so that it is nu wonder that Tune is depicted as uhf and dishevelled, aimed with a scythe to defend himself against those who would kill him, and carrying an hourglass to tell those who would save him how much they will have to hurry in ordtr to b: successful. To sit in a com:ortable chair before a table spread with a snow-white (ablectoth`and glist:n ing with polished silver that you don't, have to bother about cleaning or caring (or, and to have a pulite "cull'ed ge'mn' bring- toast, marmalade and coffee, is a treat in itself. When quo can look out of the window and me the sun chasing the night damp out of the hollows of the wintry that your train is rushing through, you experience an added delight. Ttie climax is reached when you have your best friend as sour travelling coipy,"tlgoa and can indulge in cor:ver•ation, dodging up and down the scale'lrom the sublime to the ridiculous. So, as I say, we had breakfast on the trait•. The International Limned is a 'good train Pr travel on, and it was- on time. Between Godencli and Chicago you lose an hour, and I only remembered tilts when I saw the farmers starting their days work. at 8 o'clock by my watch. We were due to arrive in Chicago at 8.10 a. m., but we were still running through fields of corn. Here and there a patch had been cut and stook -ed. but the greater amount was standing. andas white as if a frost had struck it. 1 did not realize that we were on'the ftinge of the great corn belt, and that they rarely harvest any. thing but the cobs, until I saw great wagon! being filled here and there in the fields with husked corn. Nearing the ('ity. Presently we noticed that the air was not so clear ; houses began to draw to- gether in bunches. and motor trucks and automobiles were more in evidence on the roads. Here and there a warehouse and a factory or two seemed to have collected a number of dwellings oI all kinds round them : then we came to a few more pre- tentious homes set back in well-gioomed grounds, then we were for a very short time in the country again. Now began several miles of small dwellirgs, vacant lots, distant factories and railway stamp, with the ever -deepening pall of smoke growing in area. At last we felt we were in the outskirts of the big city itself. Brick, brick, brick, and yet more brick. and steel, steel, and yet agvn steel. and steam, and smoke„and debris ; a glint o dirty water here and there : a 1 lur of darkness tinged with red when we dashed by standing freight cars; a sudden glimpse of the wonderful network oil polished steel rails at a junction point, And hunt and click of our train the rising babel of the city's noise. "Muss )o' ,uhf, sub." from our fort. r brought us up standing, and after going through the ceremony with mutual understanding and sstialaction we were ready to descend to the same old platform oI the Dearborn street station which we had known years and )ears ago.. In I19b there were no taxis on the streets, and a took at least an hour and a -quarter to get as far math on Broadway as Roscoe ..v'enue•b) the speediest stent obt.0^ably. Allowing for tralh jams. and detours to make use of boulevards. it took less than twenty minutes to do it in a taxi, at the rate et tett cents per minute. It you want excitement, by all means take a "yrlipw cat)" dawn town in Chicago and tell the "shuffer" to "get t here." if your route lies :long Michigan avenue of Sheridan road you will see as • many automobiles dodging each other at breakneei. owed as you will find any- where eke in the world, not barring the Bois deBoulogne or the Champs Elysees. They don't , at rest pedestrians here as they do in Pari, her getting knocked over by automobiles. They don't have to ; the .estn.,ns know- better than to •et to e way o autos. ra is is well handled by the ahistles of the traffic police. and if the rest of the iolice depart- ment did their work as well. Chicago would have a better name; The Dark Side. ! ss"' .1 One resident confided to me that there had been as .many murders in Chicago within the year as there had been in Ireland on both sides during the lime time, and that not more than half -a• dozers of the guilty had been punished. Not one-quarter of the murderers had been apprehended, and those who had been. with the exception of the few mentioned. had been allowed to go scot, free. That's murder. How about lesser crimes ? "Oh. well. they're too common to bother with." I told an older Chicago- an I met with what I had heard, and he said, "'S a fact all rib. ht,"and he proceeded to tell me of a case he was interested in; a clear case of political bulldozing. 1 e judge and the defendant. who also happened to be a judge, were in "cahoots." and the evidence produced by counsel for the plaintiff was objected to and ruled out. 't)h, we need a house- cleaning all right. 1 guess." Then. -!he I went on to tell me how after a recent trip to Canada hs was returning v k Seattle, and ,he remarked to one of hist family, "%%dl. here we are once more in the good old Uoited Stater, the land of the free, and we'll have to look after our pocketbooks again " The Americans are a great people, and they do things in a big way, whether it is crime. or the acknowledgment of it. Sime day they will learn to pay attention wtoith. the details of justice which are `,at present too smaa (or' them to bot Chicago'. Wonderful Progress. Chicago has changed tremendously in the last five years. and is changing at the present time. the cost of these and projected charges run: into fabulous sums. some scores of millions of dollars. but, as I said, America does things in a big way. Un my way to Chicago 1 read Kipling's outline of it in his "American Notes.” He refers to the stockyards as above the (brise of the being six miles outside the city—now the city has atrstc more than six miles Storyfrom Vancouver Island View "Truth," said one •f the rages. "lives at the bottom of a well." She ie also to be encountered the great skews *poem t -met ber mi the pine' fringed shores of Sproat Lak , In the heart of \•annxiver island. Stew siii t - npi aug mianuoomced from the of a handsome dame of healthy , pe Mos yell vigorous tnlmt. Tliiuk. of ..the opurtunitiePO4,t dustrles there are. Ih t s iittl beauty -spot, cl three humbled miles by eighty. all. sea-gifts� d serene. Ltunhering. I'•u:;ru,akity$. -mining,fishing. canning. fent ry keeping, hoe-rntsin;t. farming fruit -growing, dal: Wm:. nianufactu ng. There is a lyra cement and at man -here who the anise time eu tivatet one oT the Ire. .• 1, e,1 gatrlepni oto the ,American 1 "i^.sept, and, another who grows flower seeds.: ---nothing but flower assets — for the hige' seed mer- chants In the world. • - • As for pity. It Is manifold and un- e nrttng Opener t.•rt-. is ttr-tt:r,-trtrrrr rt -tote island, reachable at'present, through Some of the most romantle timbered s, ennntryGod ever mash-w&y by auto, l tough the steel tail from Pott A1- nl is pushing nhe.yl. A H'gtttrr-e Fn max, mains aryl eetve- tee; rel lies 1)00. revolver, jack- knife end eartrhlget Slung about her waist and her rifles herd by This lady, who has a cultured mind as well as a 'stout heart and a brawny arm, shortie cougar before breakfast, pts bear is the for reinmft. i11 owl( ter'he• fore tea, and before sundown traps beaver and rodents --all In their sea- son, of course. and when there are no guests around. lust now Abe receives you In hrr t bonse-twat. on the Southern shore. of Sproat Lake, Vanco. ver Isla In R few moments you and yo bag- gy(fe speed over the, still water to a distant chAlet, nestling among he liemloele atliT }ark pines, and enc r- cled by tenth. - Have you ever bathed to the sweet waters drawn direct frons surround- ing hills ? t'nth r the moon and the Mara. when the velvety surface Is perfect apel unlitken-, except by the plop of a jumping trout ? in the ly dawn, when the sun puts hla I to the brim of- his breakfast bo 1, and sucks tip his ration of cores y mist ". In the tate afternoon, when the .beat makes every thirsty pore d nit its fill as you plunge Into the suis �1d depths r hs , Have you sat by the cam tire at night and, dream- ing. watrhe the sparks fly upward ? No 1 Then ou have .•ever lived. One day we 'a flan adventure. 1n aniline, Spr t Lake Is Itke the impress of a gran paw. The middle digit, Taylor Arm ` ns up fourteen miles to the mouth of the.Taylor 'Inver, Woe packed lunch -basket, ane leaving the wools at home, set out early to fish this lonely inlet. We had a gay farewell. \Gnr wives same, down to the beach Hee we had everything aboard. Th - r faith !n their husband*' elclll with 1 rod was .touching an4s they were ,ro- mlxed fish for next day's break 1. Amid miles and benedictions were off. (tor tackle was wondrous — the tackle of 'amateurs always is. We soaked to the anted in • Me ehllty water. of Taylor filter We trolled with worms and spinners for form - teen mile*. We cant nn this side and we cant nn that. We miter', we prayed. But between the whole bunch of sa we had never a striae, nd. never a bite. As the sun dropped the chalet hove In sight. On the beach await- ing us were two figures in white. We looked into each others' eyes and groaned. \Hulloa! llulloa !" The cry came from • tiny cove.. Thrhe fishermen, swarthy as Indies braves herkoned us. They had the most ptimitite tackle• a tangle of tis cans and clothes lines. But in the bottom of eir skiff lay a gleaming pile. "We gree ping out," they cried, "and our cede will go had on our hands. Would a care for a few ?" There was no answer but a gulp. Four pairs of eager hands went out and soon five threes -pounders and some smaller try were song in our basket. , _ "Our luck fa good, but heyll Via useful up at the chAlet," w said. i be white -clad figures had`4een us now and were waving their welcome. Ws amtwered lit kind and field Itleift our string of beauties. Flahe n never lie, and there was no need tb begin. The fish just told their own \, tale. For three days we were compli- mented and our advice was sought by every ncomer. Then one evening beyond the stockyards. He refers to the Palmer House. which he was told was "the fine -t hotel in the finest my on God Almighty's earth. ' He went there and he did not like it, but he would like it lets today, for it has faded into the background, into the shadows thrown by "The Blackstone ' tits "Auditorium." It still has a good'coffee shop. though, where you can get real coffee and a sailstying Lunch at a moderate pnc . Kipling speaks of Chicago as having "rather more that) a indigo pe pie with bodies.- The last "But I Am Not Nervous, Doctor, See . How Strong I Am" d7ES, you ▪ are strong, all right, and I And after a careful examination that there is no indication of or- ganic disease." "Then what does seem to be the trouble ?" " It is your nerves, the internal nerves which control the action of the vital or- gana such as the heart, the stomach, the liver, the kidneys, etc. This is called the sympathetic nervous system. It is not at all uncommon for strong, healthy -looking people to suffer from this form of nervous trouble." "I never thought I was nervous." "How do you act in the dentist's chair?" "Well, I generally keel over in a faint." "That is just it. Your sympathetic nervous system is affected by the thought that you are going to be hurt. Your diges- tive troubles are due to the run-down con- dition of your nerves." "I never thought of that." the purifying of the blood by th+e kidneys —all these functions and many more are controlled by the sympathetic nervous system. Consequently when the nervous energy runs low all these processes are slowed up and you suffer accordingly. "While examination shows that there is no organic disease, the action of these organs is weak because of the exhausted condition of the nerves. You need a good nerve tonic." "What about Dr. Chase's 1rve Food?" "There is nothing better that I of. I find evidence everywhere I go of th exceptional restorative power of this popular treatment. But do not expect to get well in a day. It takes time to brio back strength and vigor to an exhausted nervous system." "lfow long will I need to use the Nerve Food?" "That is hard to say. Perhaps two r three months. But you will soon feel t e efit of this treatment and then keep t -qe using it until you are fully re- ored!" pr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cep a box, all dealers, or Edmanson, Bat & Co., Ltd., Toronto. Look for portrai and sig- nature 4-A. W. Chase, M.D., the box .1 you buy, • "No, and not many people realize the important part played by the nerves the digestion of the food and the func- tio Ino of the vital organs. The 'flow of ,the ogeerive fluids in the siomach,'tbi filter g of bile from the blood by the liver, COLLISION .lT C. I'. R. Train from Gotlerieh ('rashes Into lbe Local Train. (From ThetListoeeel Banner Engineerjoseph Fair and Firem n Chass ly o!s P.R. k train purposed laving time by proceeding to the station. unloading and hacking out of the way. A coach for Toronto is also te,nsferred. '- They were of. the switch and just p. ss - kid o❑ main to the line, when the through train loomed up quickly and sideswipedasshe their engine. Part of the cab it'd the census showed Chicago to have ratter Wombwell of Listowel previdenti very seat on which Engineer Fair was more than two and lhree•quarlcr millions caped death in atratnwreck onthe sitting was torr. away. He was against kat Linwood shortly before S o' the boder and to danger of being scalded of people, not counting greater Chicago. Monday morning. when the eastbo to death by escaping steam, but mor:scut Itis crrtaito some city, and when you train from Goderich, unnoticed till t ously managed to extricate himself from are down town with the hooting of the late because of mist. crashed into the the per Mutt po-ition unhurt. motor truck horns, the whistles of the smaller engine with tremendous force and Mr. Percy Raines of Listowel (formerly traits coq», the roar o 1 the elevated, and rrduted it almost to scrap. Goderkh) was baggageman. His car the million and one noises of a traffic- How the two men escaped is a marvel. w scraped by the engine of the Goderich laden •treet. you wonder how neon canrk;� hnty_re•re preaeriea'jj _itnhutL I;..n tear and turned on its side. stans it.` We devetu nrrt-Fof elle water- •in'ductur oleos u^ wits in' Charge "� front interested me very much, for herein gmeer Oakes of aheGoderich tramquickly, J t< the city authorities have stows much applied the brakes, when he taw, the the I I train and Conductor Cru sense. The L•eauhful ah halted, broad, collision couldn't be avert, ld, and jumped shanks t e other. P from his cab before the impact came. Ile; Among hose on the Listowel alp well robed. well lighted boulevdrd, sustained a severely sprained ankle I were Lx inkbeiner brothers, Miss which cut vis in and out ,from north to But for the Mist the accident would notCladyi Hall nil a' number of s 'dents uutlt along the lake front. is Ranked on have occurred. as the crew' of the local from Traleetd Dorking who got off the Taie sideside b 1 gtreene s, Ia oons ard ri the flail acetafh tra•in a- usual orocedbut Ths noestgToorborilegtlo awrn eekin ztlltiiVtfie Y grass,g i golf The Godertch train had right of way. but criurses, zookgical Carden!. horticultural and th track was pavilions, and. winding round among • e of t afternoon them all, walks and bridle paths. • Ie•ieknts of life In Chicago. As v e rode, down tow n on one of the extraordiearily funny, c' rnic opera motor buses a friend two the how on one occasion tie and his family had gone out one evening. leaving his mother alone to take care of the house. Now some ladies like to look out of windows to see what is going on outdoors, and this lady evidently bekmgrd to this collection of -comfortable, booties. She found a comfortable char`, and looked out upon the street, watching the ever -moving life on road and sidewalk. Dat.knrascarne on, but she did not trouble to light up ; she had a flashlight handy in case she needed it, and as she was com- Iortab,e she sat quietly in her chair look- ing out of the window. After some time si e thought she heard a cat meowing at the back door, so she took the flash'ight and proceeded to investigate. There was no cat, though she flashed the light and called. Thin she returned to her seat in the window. Less than filteen minutes Liter there was a knock at the front donor. She answered it. and was met by a hog burly tolicrtttan who asked her a number I quest.,,ns. By permission he went to the rear entrance .•Td calk d out into the darkness, "All right. fellers. 's only an old woman looking for her cat." whet alien the reserves piled 'tato the police motor truck arid rode away. At first thought we wondered at the quickness 01 the nicco s'lice ect rse,ndthoughtswewnsdeed how mlich they expected till y could get out of !L" if it had been a real case of house- hteaking. You may think I'm imm der - y h .rd . n the Chicago ;Mice, but Iii II 5nu that while we were sitting et rd li me • visitor raved. He was uneasily su; ped . n `w day night in a house in familiar. We were all seated on m, of the"comla,table hone" sections 01 the stoop. "You remember our giving pm those flan ?" gnoth he. "My hop has Inst a finger -ring, and we wonder whether by any chance It droppad Into your boat when we were passing you over the fish." the city two resolver shots were heard close at h t d out on the street, and the women folks begg d the men folks not to -expose henwtvse, despite the tact thpt one .guested that by hurrying to the !erne wr r iRI.t help e fm!nne 1 distress. One of t be v,u, e ladies referred to nightly "l'nr goodness mike!" evclalmed retiree to rest with a flashlight, and a ton women's voiees In "moon, as four visor,' bayonet on a chair beside her: HOW figures laded stealthily away. would you like to live in F hicago o. o, .I 'Merkel' Mcl-vol'. as there is usually a few minutes' time, soon on the sten before its arrival the crew of the local 'ele•tred by the mil X:0C0lr5lrsrlrtflrxxaflafli flaflwflriitlrtflet/titrrlrlrftltaflr ' 1 An engine from Guelph was sent up. w hich hauled t crippled engines to the car strops. I'a ngers were transferred and taken to pronto by the westhrnrnd train. which me as far as Linwood and returned. Pending tnteestigalinrt The -Lamm �tt�ain crew as been taed off. .School of Coinjnerce- Clinton and Goderiiclt, Ont. OFFERS THE FOLLOVI'IN(: COURSES Business Stenographic Secretarial Civil Service Teachers' Training Course i and arraugSpecial Cuur;es for Stuo lents. Tile F(/i.towINn An'ANTAGR9 Highly Qualifie,l Teaching Staff Actual Business System of ytcinkkeeping Credential Typewriting Tests Positions Guaranteed Vocational Training School for this distrirl, by r:overnment appointment. ana under in• -pectins by Soldiers' Civil Re-estxhlishment Department. For Terms, etc , write R. F. WARD, M. A. STONE. 1t..4., M. trete.. ('om. 'peet•ellst, Principal %"lee -Principal Phones 19R, Clinton 11...1 Opens \\'nrl•ieselay, Se ptemhcr 1st, 1920 RANDTRUNK SYS"'" The DO ible Track Route __- _�,.Leit►ccn M TRIrAL TO NTO� OCT IT and CHICA 1'r •agealled Writg ,asrvlce Bleeping caro on night rains, and parlor earn on principal d trains.; Full information from a Grand Trunk Ticket Agent, or C. ,, Horn- ing. District Passenger Agen To- ronto. G.H. Lander, Station Agent, plume -' P. P. LAWRENCE & SONS Town Agents Phose 8, i fi:lltll_/� The Trouble Man sitsmilamsmomsewieseinemages It's a comfort to know there's a man on whom you may call in your troubles --the Plumber. We know our business and are here to serve you. FRED. HUNT "THE P(.I,MBP K" N.mliton alra.t PA.n* las t'Ione bins Ion r".tnrnghing Heating 1f.•tk