HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-5-5, Page 6e
•By The Law of Tooth
andTalon
„.
By MERLIN MOORE TAYLOR
(Clopyregb-ted)
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters,
Louie Vogel, a notorious orimin'al,
is offered $5,000 by Lebrun to kidnap
judge Graham, terror of evil -deers.
A5 Lebrun leaves "Silver Danny's"
saloon, he is obeerved. by Ralph
Charlton of the Department of Just-
tice who has dubbed him "The Gray
Wolf." Vogel takes the $1,000 given
him ta hind the eompact to Stella
Lathrop, a country girl he had found
starving in the city and befriended.
Stella is now etunsing honest wages in
a factory and refuses to marry Vogel
unless he gives up his evil ways. She
has, however, fallen a convert to
Bolshevism. Vogel carries out his Pact.
Judge G-raham lies bound in a shack
aeme miles out of the city. "The, Gray
Wolf' demands that the Judge should
let certain prisoners off with merely
a fine. Threats of death for himself
and torture for his son have no weight
with the just judge. Charlton becomes
suspicious of "The Gray Wolf" and
Vogel. Stella Lathrop joins the Inner
Council. Charlton visited Stella to
find out if she kneer of Vogel's where-
abouts and in the hotel hall encoun-
tered Lebrune.
CHAPTER VII.
A Game of Hide and Seek.
Around the turn of the hall Charl-
ton paused. H•e knew that Lebrune
had not recognized him. In fact, he
was not at all sure that the other even
knew him. Instantly he made up his
mind that he would try to learn what
had brought "The Gray Wolf" to this
place.- If, as Charlton suspected, Le-
brune and Vogel were concerned in the
Clisanpearance of judge Graham, then,
"The Gray Wolf" "Rad
had eorne
to the hetet to sea 'Red Steil."
These suspicions were confirmed
when, pol6nng his head cautiously
aroten.d the turn of the hallway, the
Government agent saw Lebrune at the
door of the girl's room. Evidently
they were acquainted, for her door
stood open and both she and the man
were plainly outlined against the
square of light from the windows of
her rooms streaming through the
doorway.
Charlton observed that they seemed
to be in argument of some kind, al-
though their voices did net carry to
him. He edged himself past the
eerner of ths hall and, keeping has
back against the wall, inched along in
their direction. He saw Lebrune at-
tempt to push past her into the room,
saw her thrust him back and attempt
to close the door, saw "The Gray
Wolf's" foot shoved between door and
jamb, saw him throw his weight
age:hist the door and force it inward.
Then he was inside the room and the
door closed behin-d him.
As C'litarltent running noisehaselly
on the balls of his feet, hurried to the
door his ears caught the click of a
key being turned in the lock. A mo-
ment later he was crouched beside the,
door, one eye watching the hallway!
against the appearance ef witnesses
to his eavesdropping, his ear pressed
tight against the panels..
,
"So, little one, you da not permit(
men to visit your room," Lebrune was
saying in his oily manner. "Well, per-
, =lesion. or no permission, I am here.
!It couldn't stay away. Your hair, your
eyes, your adorable mouth, all called
to me with the voice of the tempter.
:Arai tam only a mart I yielded and
'I came."
"Give me that key," demanded the
girl savagely. Lebrune laughed.
"Later, perhaps. Not now. First, I
, propose to be repaid for paying you a
call. Your lips are alluring, my dear.
Come now, a little kiss or two and I
'asn your slave."
"No."Indignation, wrath, were in
ibex tone.
"Then I fear I must take them. That
• le our motto, you know. Get what you
I want any- way you can—without
,trcruble, if possible; by force, if neces-
gary. What's a little kiss or so be-
tween as now. You belong to the In-
• ner Councils" Charlton pricked up his
ears. "And you are one of us. Free
• love is one of our tenets •and .the
strongest are those who love best, I
am quite•wild about you, girl. It will
take a strong Irian to wrest you from
me. and your lover Vogel is not here
to attempt it!"
-Evidently he sought to slay hands
'upon her, for to Charlton's ears came
the sound of a stinging slap, then the
noise of a struggle. 1
"You d—d little she -devil," grated I
Lebrune. "D—n you, quit your
scratching,."
i Charlton sprang to his feet. His
ilalood boiled within hint. Inborn chival-
ry, banded down through generations
flof ancestors who had been gentletnen,
i urged 'him to the rescue of this girl
1in distress. In the very act of thrust-
- ing hie shoulder against the door he
;paused ,abruptly. Duty demanded that
Ile should not permit Lebrune to learn
that the Government man was inter-
ie-sted in him. Instinct and manhood
•and indignation of the strongest kincl
threateted to send him crashing
'through the door to manhandle -alb
eur who had taken advantage of a
•iNvoinan. Within his breast the strug-
tkle was terrific, almost as great as
• that Whose tumult reached him from
•• t
;within the room. / ,
Carlton was saved: from making a
• ideeisateneot.mity kind. He llesid steps
naming up the attach -way. Surety, w1io-
•4aver was appreachiog would hear he
inoise of furniture 'being overturneal
of Waterbowl and pitcher being stmash,
ed upon the fio.or. The Government
agent vanished in the opposite three
tion. Over his shoulder be saw, tits
form of a man who hulked large tura
the corner of the hall., stop, then fair-
ly dash to the door ef the girl's room
and•sent it bursting from its hinges
with two blows tof his powerful shoul-
ders.
With a tear like that of a madden-
ed bull the new -comer sprang through
the opening. Instantly there was the
vicious crack a an automatic, a wisp
Of smoke fluttered throughthedoor-
way into,the hall, the acrid smell of
gunPowder was wafted -tc Charlton's
nostrils. Then a human body was
catapulted mit of the room and,
sprawled Gilt upon the floor in a hud-
dled heap. Charlton waa wondering
whether the man, ware dead, when. he
arose, shook his fist in the direction
of the smashed door, cut loose with a
volley of curses and fairly loped to-
ward the stairs.
The Government agent tarried only
long enough to hear the girPs sobbing,
"Oh, Louie, he was •strangling me,"
and the gunman's growled reply. Then
he heard the sound of a multitude ef
approaching foosteps and discreetly
vanished down a back stairway.
"Evidently our friend Lebrune had
a little surprise sprung on him,", he
said to himself, smiling grimly. "Ph,
well, when rogues fail out it sspretty
near time for honest Men to collect."
Charlton was very well satisfied
with what he had learned by his visit
to Stella Lathrop, alithough he had not
ex-peated to, have tseveral things re-
vealed to him at one swoop. He had
learned that Vogel was back in town,
that Stella and Lebrune were both
menibers of some organization called
the Inner Celle:nil, that Vogel and
"The Gray Wolf' were not unknown
to each ether. For some reason, how-
ever, Vogel had returned when Le -
brume did not expect him. Verily, the
cards were falling right for Charlton.
He decided that the next move was
to return to Inspector Griffinls office
and camp there until the detectives
who were trailing Lebrune reported.
He was satisfied too, that Griffin's
men by this time had learned that
Vogel was in his ol•d haunts and were
shadowing him. At any rate he would
Play safe and telephone.
"Got both of your men under sur-
veillance," reported Griffin as seen as
he had recognized the Government
t agent's voice over the wire. "I think
lyoe had better come clown and roost
here fora while unless you have s,orne-
thing better to do."
"I was just about to do that very
thing," replied C•harlton. Just as fast
as he could get there he was in 'Grif-
fin's- office. But they sat and talked
while the clock on the wall ticked off
an hour and a half before the call
th,ey were expecting came. Several
times the telephone bell tinkled and
Griffin answered, but it was only Same
of his -men on other duties calling up
to report or ask for instructions.
Charlton fidgeted uneasily and smok-
ed two heavy cigars from the inspec-
tor's box, one after the other, al-
though he knew from experience that
they would most likely upset him.
• "What has been done about those
I.W.W. and Bolshevist birds who were
to be sentenced by Judge Graham
Monday?" asked Griffin in one of the
frequent breaks in, conversation.
"Sent back to jail for the time be -
was the reply. "Of course some
other judge coulcl sentence them, but
there seems to be a disposition to keep
them in storage until Judge Graham,
who tried them, is founds It's ftumy,
Billy, but same powerful influences
have been at work in behalf of those
fellows. We had the goods on them
in any one of half a dozen charges—
obstru-cting the draft, seditious re-
marks, spreading enemy propaganda,
violating the espionage act more than
once, and so on—but it was one of the
hardest cases to get a conviction I
ever worked on. Some one behind them
spent money like water trying to get
them free. I'll bet, some desperate
efforts were made to pull a packed
jury on us and I would not have been
a bit surprised if the jury had split
and been unable to Teach a verdict."
"I suppose they were safely on the
road to Leavenworth now," remarked
the inspector. "They will be if Judtge
Graham is the one who passes sen-
tence on them. He hates people who
break Federal statutes, worse than his
Satanic majesty is commonly reported
to hate holy water, and I'll bet 'chat
disloyalty in his eyes in the unpardon-
able sin the ministers talk about. Ah,
there goes the telephone again."
He clapped, the reeeiver ,to his- ear.
Then his eyes brightened, he turned
to face Charlton and nodded,. While
the 'Federal agent virtually held down
a seat of nettles and needles the in-
spector asked questions and listened
intently to the r,egoliga. Then, with a
satisfied smile, he hung up. '
"It
was the boys who are after
Vogel," he said. "They we-oe outside
the hotel and, in fact, lied gat.in, touch
with the two men trailing Lela -rime
when an .autemobile drove up and out
hopped Vogel. I didn't know before
that he could drive a car. I must re-
member that. Perhaps 'it will help
solve some of Erase motor ear
thefts—"
forget it, and, tell me seines
thing," „implored Charlton. •
"Right," agreed tileinsPector.
"Well, as soon as Vogel had gone into
the hetet (you know he has a room
there), the bays strolled over and
feet: a squint at the car. They sail
it was all dirty and muddy. Must have
just come in front the coantry. §hort-
.3,. Weni in, nine, eam,e
out in the devil of a hurry, hopping
triad and holding a bloody handker-
AUTO USED PARTS
• Wecarrya full line of'uSea,parts for• ,
,ej.1 makes' of carS, Cleaned and "feed from
,
grease and dirt, 1VItignetos, gaak•s,
topringS, .cornplete engines, tirds,' etc.
• Iligliest prices paid for Old' ears.
,Writc, wire cr phone
'• AtnrOlvioninE irsEnt PARTS CO,
• toad atzs.a.s.a S. Wee, - , Toronio
Warkitale
chief to his nese. Then Vogel came
MO a 1.'QW TainatOS 14tder, juntP.rerd irtte
his ear and drove like mad to a gar-
age around the corner, 'where lie ord-
ered gasoiuc erioagit to fill the tatlic,
oil in the rrankcasa and water in the
radiator. Said he'd be back after it
.at onceHe wont the „ to another
reoin lie rents near 1)y. Tile boys say
lie changed doilies and that i!?, tppear-
ett to them that, he looked Pfetta wide seen
around the waist. They • think he
striippea a couple of guns to himself. I The Visica.
When they telephoned he was back in .1.31,
ay beside the hearthstone, Little
trOnt. of the hetet with the ear 114 '
c"How are your ried
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earn to
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lg marks
seeerigahstany Thisis di
tIus minute 11ngnli
iy1011.1(173g.-ing, egreuglthe
i
those sixty-liersepower fellows we
unites Vogel aas moved." It's one Pf Bring iitlee. Tnyc7emia,-0.;01;,trell'hies, bring' to
bought the other day to eltase bandits share with the your secrete, sure
in,ofanafcliy,tguleinarganhiteectiliitso iun'elicktheorh'etellies Happ'il'yultdhelu':taIcdo:op you, still my ii`ttle
weeds.'
"Well, here's luck to them," said
Charlton. "I wonder what Lebrune is 'Till you cross the portal, bite Man -
doing? Pll bet a .little inolloY- that h d•
theTrhee'ly1 wbeersoenn,tlei:fettri.dos'nultrit'ifior ,tung.
almost immediately the te phon Noise sehfoucIrtuemndasioiclagt,imbrel, nois,e o
le e
E-eareyailspdaerligthat,, and pastimethat you
a
Well glad am I fa hear them. for the
day Were long
HadaItnnoigsfhtict.h rneniory, left with me
,
' -
•
Homgiaog,nndhteoyertoliu and mat•her, all -be -
Let them only serve you, training,
' heart and hand
'Till a gallant • laddie, strong and
staunch, and true
You shall croes the portal in -to Man-
hood's land. -
rang again and the man trailm,g The
Gray Wolf" reported that he had
rushed home from the hotel after the
encounter • -With Vogel, run oat his
roadster and departed' north. with a
motorcycle policeman in pursuit.
Another hour the , old clock ticked
off and Griffin and Charlton had ju,st
agreed that they would go some place
and have dinner together wheel the
telephone again rang and their hopes
ca,me tumbling -about their ears.
Vogel, too, heel driven north and
with him in. thd ear wais iStella Lathrop.
The pelisse Car with two con-uplacent
detectives -had easily lcept him in sight
until beyond the city limits, then a
latoweet had sent the pursuer,s over
the side of the road into a stitch. The
crestfallen and disappointed sleuth
who was t,elephoning reported that
several manutes
later a rakish road- wbgeeigithnehttera
thehomeheotmeint� know how much of
xecemrtipti.onst be f dbad
fItopWd,ounlod
ster had passed the wreck traveling
tbthe illness ef the world may be traced
back to damp bUildings. Proably,
g
•
other one thing at the bottom of so
much ill -health as' dampness in the• ti
bellding where most of one's me ds
spent. Catarrh anaemia, rheumatism
tuberculosis; may be the result' of liVo
Bare and brown. neg. damp house. And if a roibust
Let the great winds .stride over them, constitution cote led with'. outdoor
• Building the New Home.
, In building a new house the first
consideration is the location. The site
sixty -miles an hour and that far an
the rear, outdistanced but still' try-
ing, the anotorCycle palieeman Was a
poor 'Second:
• (To. lae' eantinued.)
•
The Fallow Fields.
•
Let the fields lie fallow e
P
And the snow come down. work, prevents.the occurrence of any
actu,a1 illness such as these, at- least
Let them lie open to the etin,
the body is robbed of much needed
To the patient rain, ' •
vitality. Besides the injury to health,
And the dews whiten them
Eer they yield again.
dampness in a building haste..ns its
'
deterioration. •
Pltow in the sturdy weeds, In choos,ing a site, than, look for a
The common flower,
location which promises a dry fo-anda-
Let their wild vigor yield tion. Bed rock, of.course, is ideal, but
A lusty dower. - this is net .always to be found where'
the home must stand. Sand and gravel
Then after sun and snow,- is next bests with clay the poorest
After dew and ,sleet, ' founda.tion soil ef all. If there is no
From the earth. will spring the green Other el -wipe, the excavating should be,
Flame of the wheat.-- "
• earried below the froSt line. ' H-
as
you, do not know • e revioes digging
Tradition Navies. thegaexact nature of •the Soil, find out
The navies or the world are peculiar what it is before deciding• definitely on,
in their traditions and customs. The the site of the house.
wide collar on the seaman's shirt re- If possible, build, the h▪ ome on a
mains, though the grease -slushed knoll where it will receive sun and air
queue has long been forgotten. The from all sides. The.old Way of build --
American man -o -war's man wears a ing your home in the midst of a grove
black neckerchief because the British is kassed. We know now that such a
sailor put it on as a badge of mourn- course invites dampness and tuber-
ing for Lord Nelson; the three white celosis. sThis does not mean that there
braids on his collar are similarly is to be no,shade. A few treestlocated
adopted in token meinory of Nel-. so as to shut off the fierceeiteun in
son's victories at Copenhagen, the midsumnier, or perhaps to break the
Battle of the Nile and Trafalgar. ooaci winter winds, add to the comfort
He has put a star in each corner of of the family and looks of the place.
that queue -guarding ,cefiar, and he - Of course, the direction the house
holds to some other peculiar ideas, faces must be decided by the location
which other services share, but the of the farm. A south or an east face
battle between the l'acvniter and the are censi.clered the1,beat, but if north
Merrimac, the morning of Sunday, or -west muse be oineehoice, the rooms
March 9, fifty-nine years ago,' is re- may be planned se' as te,' place -these
membered and memorialized by all
the great battleships of the world's where we spend the most time on the
simny side of the house. Put your own
navies' without regard to nation, re- sleeping -rooms on 'the south or east.
cognized as Introducing the greatest The spare room, which is -seldom used,
improvements and reforms in 'the
structure of fighting ships since ships can have the bleak ,north corner. For
a farm home in Ontario I should
were built.
choose the south sicle-al the house for
Canada has over 38,000 rniles of the kitchen. Our prevailing winds are
railway, or one mile for every 224 froxn the west, therefore 'a southwest
persons. corner .will give you tlie,...breeze, and
• you will have the sunshine to brighten
Wilhard's Liniment 'for. Burns, etca your working TOO/TL
•
Preserving the Graceful Antelope
Half a century ago countless ante-
lope roamed the prairies of Canada,
the 'United States mot Mexico; to -day
it is doubtful whether there are 15,-
000 of theta graceful little animais in
all this vast area, though in past years
reliable, observers have seen several
thousand in a single day. -
Mr. Thompson -Seton has egtimated
that, at the time of first settlement of
the west, ,the range .,of the antelope' cov-
ered two million square miles, and
that there were iso less than twenty
million of these animals.
The riffle and thenadvance of agri-
culture shave done their workgne
writer, in describing the antelope
herds oE the "seventfes," says "the
prairie seemed to vibrate with the gal-
loping of these swift little creatures,
and they 'were slaughtered to such an
extent that their outstretched car-
cases were piled in heaps like cord -
woos ."
The antelope is ono of the most
graceful animals; it is scarcely more
:flail three feet high at the shoulder,
and ia fleeter thari, the swiftest grey-
hound. It is feared, however, that,
while the antelope is absolutely pro-
tected in the -western provinces, it is
too late forthe,SPeolee to recover. The
Dominion Parks Branch is endeavor -
save the.'antelope in preserves,
In but one of, thesei howeeee, is ma
-
case repel -eel. A- herd of the little
animals was disco-vered near Meinis-
I kam, Alta., and these -were surf -minded
s
1-y a wire fence enclosing eight sec-
, .
tons, As the land was eminently
suited to the purpo•se, and -Unfit for
agriculture, it has been created a na-
tional pTeServe for the, preservation of
the antelope. At the time, of capture
the herd consisted of forty-two ani-
mals, and thie number has now In-
creased to about one hundred. This,
unfortunately, is the only record of
increase of antelope, in eaptivity, and
is undoubtedly dee to the fact that
they are enclosed 'in their natural
range. Dr. W T Hornaday says:
"The chief difficulty encountered in
trying to afforci protection to the ante-
lope is in its own ,nature. -It is deli-
cate, capriciousand easily upset. It
is' 130 sensitive to shock that it liter-
ally 'dies at the drop of the hat.' Ow-
ing to the extreme difficulty in main-
taining this Species in captivity, its
total extinction at an early date seems
absolutely certain, unless it is fully
and pernianently protected in ite wild
state, on its native range, ter a long
period."
Canada's action in giving intiversal
protection and providing natural
ranges for the antelope will undoubt-
edly prolong the existence of the
species, but it is ,only a qtiestion 61
time when tbe advance of civilization
will entirely absorb the free natural
ranges and complete its extinetion,
,-'tr ui.,t•
"illiallttiseasssaasiteess
,,,4,patastass
• '40,4
saatsfatesseasta-
„
• The next queation, is material. Jball
we have brick, cement, . concrete
bleck,s, stucco, field stone, frame, or a
cambinaticat of one or twa? Same ma-
terial whieh 'will not need -to be ipaint-
ed s desirable, unless the first .coat
actually prevents using it. 'Prairie
.d0 3.1.0t cost- so inuelf-,-,or haVe
not in the 'past—but when the cost of
painting every fe,w years is con-
sidered, it is a question!, if the frame
hpuse" does not Cost more in the end,
• Field stone is an metering material,
la,nsi if you have it yougsef. is inex-
, •
pees,ige altlyough.the COS t of -laying is
sernewltat greater than theexpense of
i
Putting up, brick. break ,s .the ideal
building material a,ccording, to many.
• It ,absorbs less moisture- than 'Acme
drys, quicker, and is a poor conductor
• • _
of heat.
,building your, basement, plan for
plenty ef windows to come id the
prover leeation for our purpos,e, The
basement sheuld be aired as religious-
ly asthe house, es,pecially_if a part of
it is used to store vegetable's.' Many
cases of ,epidemie.s lis neighborlegads
,have been traced to unventilated vete-
tabletcellars laenetalli'olci houses': Then
if yeti' areto have 'a modern house
with"ftirna.ce arid laundry in the base-
ment, 'provide for windows through
which co,a1 may he ,pu.t into the caiele
bin and lig-ht thrown oe the furnace:
A -window. o -ver the -laundry tubs Isan
absolute' necessity 'fq-r su,ccessful
washing. • If you are to have laundry
and furnace, separate the two by a
solid concrete- wall, otherWitse your,
washroom will .be.always flecked with
coal soot. The beet location. for the
cistern is belowthebasement flocir.,
The location Of the furnaCe ,must be
considered. If 'a' hot-air furnace is
used it is thought to give .b,etter
re-
suIts if•placed .about the centre of the
basement. This-doessaway with any
• extra _long- pipes. If. JI,Ot:„-Mater' or
steam are. used,- the, p,ans may„ e.,.put
,
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Used utcs FARMERS PAY
FOR EXPEIUENCE
BR4Thki.C.-1,MIC 6E1.141 "X`4D,X; . irmstm.
ears ,,,f oll teeas; all earsadid sub-,
.1c9t: to, aellecry up to SO,Q,Milpa, dr teal
ran • of Eith.ine distanee', if '',,yait. I:alpha Ip a*
vase, order aspurchase& or p‘d175s#01.,
OPE) refunded,
)3
- ,RING mealiaxite, of mr, gara choice
te loelt thepi .0,.Ver,, at. -aals--ani to
take any car to dit$r .repreSoritaltvp, Or
,Inspeopon. Very large et.94i*o.-lietre on
Breakey's Used Careigaricet
402 °lenge Street. Wormat.
have a separate flue. Arrange to have
, . •
011'ase- Pit for the fireplace buteltento
the -chimney, with a door in the base-
ment, for the removal of ashes. -
• Whether ,yieu expect to have elec
teicitsr right -away or not, have the
+house wired for electricity when it is
built. If wornen are to stay on the
faim they must have the work made
•
lighter, and there is ono, cheaper nor
more efficient 'helper than electrinity.
• • . -
even if you are ,going to have acetY-
lene or gasaline for lighting, pla;n an
electricity for poser. It wiulenst .very
little extrarvvhile building and if you,
slieuld sell the farm the lanowlect e
g
that the house is wired well 'not hurt
the sale.
raknard7s L(niment, Relieves colds, ate.
• Powdered Fish as Food. °
When Shark livers have been press-
ed far "cod-liver oil," or In other eases
where oil is derived "hy llke means
from various fishes, 'there is left 'oirei.
a restage:balled "cake," which is com-
monly 'utilized as fertilizer:
• A Japaneee, Saclikichl Satow, has
developed a praceses whereby this cake
can be Matte available for human food.
The material • 'is dried in a high
vacuum.. IOW temperature and
ground to powder.- All 'ensyme
ganic rerment) Is added, to lender the
albmninous Part of it soluble; the lat-
ter Is then extracted with water, re-
duced to dryness by evaporation in
vacuo and again powdered by grind-
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after the-4rs,t..are taxed.
in, a corner of, the basement. An. -out- •
side -clutniney sav,ei planning rooms to
Conceal it,. but wastes' heat. Decide'
Which ismost inVortant.to you, sauna
metrical no.o.ms, or the small amount of
heat los,t by having. the chimney run
Up the. outside Wall. If- you are to
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in Fancy Goods; Cut Glass, Earth-
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Specialties', Druggists Sundries.
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In 2, 5 and
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at all
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Send for
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it is the children who _tax the CrOwn Etiand fac-
-11- tory to its Capacity. There is some vital need of ,
children that it satisfies bettcr than anything
clse. That is why it does them so much good— -
whether used as a spread, as a table syrup, in
baking, cooking or candy -making.
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To Principals and Teachers,
Scholars and Parents:— ,
,
We- will send `'Home Inspection Blanks" to the
teaching'staff throughout Ontario for distribution
among their pupils.
As patriotic Canadians your sympathetic co-opera-
tion is sought in the important work of oonServing, -
the, lives and property of our people from destruc-
. tion by fire.
• The inspection is planned to take place throughout
the Province during the week of May 2nd. The
primary object of this Inspection is to draw atten-
tion to hazardous conditions in the hotnes and
have the fire menace removed or corrected by the •
house -holders.
The housing -problem makes the •protection of
.dwellings of paramount importance.
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,Prevent 'fires by reinoving the cause.
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,Propepty front Piro," -"Lightning, Ito 'Origin and Control,"
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FRA1LJDUI:OINT SCHE14ES.
Medicine Hat Makes Contract
ith' Rainmaker Entailing
_
Less Than Average Rainfall.
"Is it neceseary to'deave the farmer,
to learn wissibm at his own expense
by becoming the prey 'a greedy .,
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inn4e.rers? . .'. It is a 'good" thing
lo prevent forest fires; it would be
still better to stop the squandering
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Of the ,sassings or -the people. -1--Mgr.
Choquette at Sev.enth Anntial
Meat-
ing of the PetnamiSsion of Conserva-
tion. '
The TJnited Agricultural ASSOoia-
tion a Medicine Hat district has
t cl •
o
en, ere into- a tcontract with "Rains
maker" Hatfield, under which, if fear
inches of rain shall fall betWeen May
1 land August 1, 1921, Hafield is tee
be paid $8,000. He is ' to a- given
credit for one-half of the prepipita=
tion -at $4,000 per inch hptoa znaki-
mum of four inches; in other words(-
if- four Melees ,of rain falls, Hatfield? '
gets credit for two inches and re-
ceives $8,000 1,Vhille Prolifdence is
to get credit for the obb.e• two inches. e
In order to. -carry dut- this -part of
the contraet "Rainmaker" H.atfield is :-
tos "'a:instruct and beild a rain -pre -al' '
tation -ancl attractiOn plant" at a suit-
able location, also rain gauges.
The Doininien Meteerological RUT -
eau, Toronto, says 'of this propesa1:
'In any opinion the whole thing" is
absurd. We are not ignorant as to
the causes which lead to rairi, and
fully recognize that the forges of
nature involved in the production of
a sumnier shower are gigantic, so
gigantic indeed that it isthard toeon-
ceive that any forces chemical or
otherwise that can -COD bring to bear
are otherwise- than- absolutely
pic-
yune. The explosion aviiieh sy,reckecl
Halifax in 'Decearlser; 1916, did not
dead even to .the formation of _a
cloud." --
Campaig,n of Education„Neceseary.
C. V. Marvin, Chief of the United
States Weather Bureau, says his de-
part -meat is. "eagerly desirous of as-
sisting in the protection of farniers
and others against payment of money •
for rainmaking S Ch onle s and con: -
tracts," also that "unquestionable a
long campaign of education is neces-
sary to completely se.ppreas the
airies of these freudui-rt schemele
_
Prof. E. S. Hopkins, of .tSchool
of Agriculture, Olds, Alta., speaking
at -the Soil 'Fertility Conferenceof the.
Cofmnission of Conserv-At-ice at NVins ,
nipeg in July last, showed frora re-
-cards of 36 years dueation that -during,
this long period the average precipi-
tatien at Medicine Hat for 'what is
known ,as the ,groWing season, May,
June and July (the period covered by
the Hatfield contract) was 6.14 inches.
This • ,avera,ge includes- the' three dry
years, 1917-1918 and 1919. "Water -
Powers of Manitoba, Saskatchewan' .
and Alberta," published thy the Com-
mission of COITIServa.tioran in 1916, -
states that the average precipitation
for the same three months for a per-
iod of 29 years preceding 1914, was
6.35 inches. •
Hatfield, in securing such a contract
'from the Medicine Hat fainr,ers, is
therefore gambling on fifty per cent.
better than an even chance.
Well may Monseigneur Choquette '
appbal for protection for the fanners
from those wile, ssith nothing at stalco,
gamble against tha sivvings of tile
fariners with leaded dice. .
Sky Science.
There Fare skies blue, red, yellow,
black, .and grey. V.That rnalces the --
colorings, and what do they portencl-? .
• First, it must be noted that there is a
really no "-sky" in the sense that poets
write of t as the arching dorae."
What we call the, sky is just air,
plus 'the. illusory effect" of -distance.
Ancl a blue, red, or other eolored
,"Sky" is 'only air which is holding
• or refloating blue, red, dr other.rays, .
A yellow slsy is that coloe because
• 1the air is moiSt. Moist air is anore
-transparent than dry, ancl it allosys
the yellow rays to pass. .4 yellow sun -
act is an indication-ef wet, because -tilts'
a
color shows that the var.ors in the
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Is are already ,coridensed ante clouds,
which wiJJ ,soon discharge as ram.
A blue "sky" 'is brought about in 0„
somewhat peculiar fashion. The weals
blue rays of light, which are reflected
Upwards from the eart.h, cannot get'
through the air, and are therefore
sent clown again, So we gat tv pre-
dominant blue vision, or a blue "sky.”
A grey sky at sunrise is (se-IP-So/1
the air being sufficiently clear to a1.
low the three main colored rays ---
blue, red and yellow ----to pass with
feeble intensity. The combination is
a "grey." A red sky, nicans that the
air is so dense that it stops all but
the red rays, This air density is due
to a great excess of vapor at the
point of condensation inte rain. Thu1
"recl 'in the morning" portends a wet
day ,
Plies Dislike Clover. '
Clusters of clover, lf hung in a roeni
and left to dry and shed perfume
through the alt., will drive .,away mord
flies titan sticky 'situeera of treacle
and other fly -traps and fly -papers eaa
ever coiled.
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