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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-08-10, Page 2PAGE 2 'Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA `terms of Subscription — $1.50 per year in advance, to 'Canadian ad- dresses $2.00to the U.S. or oth- er foreign countries. No paper. discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription id, paid is denoted on the label. advertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12c per count line for. first insertion. 8c. for each subsequent insertion. Beading counts 2 lines, Small advertisements, not to ex- Geed one inch, such. as "Wanted", "Lost," "Strayed," etc., inserted ' once for 35c, each subsequent in- sertion 15c. Rates for display add vertising made known on 'applica- than. Communications intended for pub- dication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name Bmf the writer. tG, E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer !Financial, Real Estate and Fire In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton. Frank,Fingiand, B.A., LL.B. •iBarrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont, CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc. eeffice over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON', ONT. B. R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Fire Wind, Sickness and Accident, Ante. - mobile. Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds Box 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 57. NORMAN W. MILLER ISSUER OF CAR LICENSES Agent for E. D. Smith Nursery Stock Office Isaac Street, Clinton. Pohne 62w. DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: +Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont, -One door west of Angii' an Church. Phone 172 Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. H. A. McINTYRE DENTIST Office over Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont. Phone, Office, 21; House, 89. D. IL MCINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro ,Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. 'and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION -by manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Correspondence prornptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News' -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 103. Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed 'THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, George McCartney, MR, No, 3, Seaforth; vice-president, Jas, 'Connolly„ Goderich; Sec. -treasurer, 3Vlartin A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Thomas Silesian, R. R. No. 5, Seaforth; James Shouldice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Rabt. Ferris, Blyth; John Pepper, Brucefield; A, Broadfoot, Seaforth; George Leinhardt, Brodhagen. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 3, Clinton; Jahn Murray, .'Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth; Ed. P]nchley, Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or . at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. ' Parties desiring to effect insur- .ante or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica, tiers to any of the above officers addressed -to their respectivepost ods fides. Losses inspected by the direc- tor who Iives nearest the, scene. TIME TABLE 'Trains twill arrive at and depart from Clinton. as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. -Going East, depart 7.08 am. Going East- depart 8.00 p.m. Going West, depart 11.50 a.m. Going West, depart 9.58 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce. e Going North, ar. 11.34. ive.11.54 a.m. .Going South 3.08 p.m, There's something , In the adver• ‘eisements today to interest you. Read then, I • THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., AUGUST,10, 1933 Old Charley Thane snapped off - the ignition with a thick, square finger., Cautiously, the decrepit car, rbiled onward into the only vacant ,space on the street and stopped, its front•. tires snugly against the curb. • The curb was painted a faded red; and across the .sidewalk was the entrance of the post office. Leaning his big forearms on the wheel,' the old pian gazed disinterestedly at the sidewalk glaring in the morning light of the Arizona sun. Behind hint clattered the street traffic, its progress occasionally interrupted by the loose -.jointed ringing of the sem- aphore suspended above the inter- section half a block, away. A ,pair of legs clad in khaki serge trousers, wandered casually to the front of .the car. Old Charley's gaze awoke. "Mornin', Chief," he said moodily, lifting his eyes to the oth- er's face. • "`Howdy, Chet," replied the police- man in a soft drawl. He glanced speeulative4y at the car and inquir- ed, "Hews coughin' Lena ,a-feelin' her oats these days?" Old Charley sighed. Leaving the car in gear, for the emergency brake had long ago retired from active service he eased .his unweildly body to a standing position on the pave- ment and vindicitively slammed the door. "Not so good, Buck. Not so good. Top half of the windshield. fell out on the way In" "A body'd think," remarked the policeman, nodding toward the yel- lowish stencil on the side of the car, "that so Iong as Uncle Sands got his U.S. -Mail brand on her he could af, ford to give the old girl a truss or somethin'." Old Charley grunted assent and stepped upon the sidewalk. "Seem's like Congress just don't have the time to get 'round to anything im- portant." The two men remained motionless on the curb. At last the officer slightly shifted his position, then asked. "Anything new over your way?" Old Charley considered carefully "Things are mighty dry," he admit- ted. lilis friend of fifty years nodded "Grass got a bad deal last winter — bad as the year I lost out." "Bad," corroborated Old Charley. Dry spring so far, too. Cone a dry summer, and us cattlemen'll do well by the buzzards." This burst of con- versation had apparently exhausted the two of further talk. W`hat do you hear from the boy?" asked the officer suddenly. Old Charley brightened. "Found a letter when I got in last night Will's dein' fine, he tells me. Los Angeles real estate's es goad a way to make money as any I reckon. He'Il be covin' home in a month or two for quite a spell—thinks he can maybe stay over to help int work the cattle in the fall," "He's goin' to forget to go back some of these days." Old ,Charley's eyes shone, but he said cautiously, "Things night work out that way, sure enough." The policeman looked into his friend's face. "The sign still up at the Dead Lantern?" "Still up." The two regarded each other foe perhaps a minute. "Well," said the policeman. This single, word expres- sed admirably that the policeman had been very much pleased to see his old friend; also, that he had enjoyed the conversation and hoped to see Thane again soon, Old Charley made com- plete reciprocation .with a nod, and left the 'glaring sidewalk for the somber light of the post office: The place was crowded. Seven of the crowd had been in Arizona for more than ten years and each of these greeted the old man before he had disappeared behind the door which led through the rear wall of post boxes, One person thought it necessary toshake hands with Old Charley and this man stopped him with, "Mello, Sheriff!" Whereupon an elderly couple at the money or- der window exchanged a significant glance, and an old-timer—Who never lost opportunity to lament the good old times—opined to a,neighbor that, when Charley Thane wee sheriff of this here comity, sheriffs had a heap more, to do with posses than fore, closure sales. • tens When Old Charley retdirned to the street; carrying a large government mail sack weighted with two letters and 'a post card, , a young couple and a. five-year-old boy were standing uncertainly in the strip of shade close to his car. Discomfort and be, ivilderment enveloped the three • as one person. The little boy was tightly moored to his mother's forte finger and the hand Of the husband was very near that of his wife. Old Charley's lower lip bunched Slightly with his thought of "Pshaw, now!" as he' noted .the face of the slender' young man; he had seen many such faces new to Arizona. ' "Are you 01- Mr..—.Mr.-s" the young span paused and looked to- ward the girl at his side. "Thane," she ,supplied, "are :you Mr. Thane?" . A tension relaxed. "We were told by -a police offieer," said the young span hesitantly, as though expecting his words to be cut short at any mo- ment by a cough, "that you were go- ing to a place called San Jorge, carrying the mail. We were told that you occasionally carry passengers." Old Charley nodded. "Yes, I can take you out that way. Where 'bouts are you going? San Jorge is a pretty big valley." The husband laughed shortly. "We are trying to get to a farm and the post.officeaddress is -San Jorge." "A ranch, dear, not a farm," said the girl, "a cow ranch — the Dead Lantern ranch." The eyes of Old Charley narrowed incredulously. He hesitated for a moment. "Are you Teal certain it's the Dead Lantern you want to go to?" The young man glanced inquiring- ly at his wife, then at Old Charley. "Why, yes — there is such a ranch isn't there?" "Yes, there's a Dead Lantern all right." "The ranch we want to visit is called the DeaiI Lantern and the ad- dress was San Jorge," spoke the girl "it was formerly owned by Mr. Har- ris Grey and a Mrs, Snavely. Do yop kniw Mi'. Grey died recently are trying to get to a farm and the rix Grey aid a Mr. Snavely. Mr. Grey died recently. Do you know of the place and can you take us there? "I go by the front gate Ma'am." "Excellent. Perhaps if we start soon we shall be in time for lunch. eon? We can send in for our lug- gage later this afternoon, I suppose." Old Charley did not miss the tone in which this was spoken. Also, he did not miss the fact that she re- garded him as a taxi driver. "If you want to go," he supplied, "I'd be glad to take you, but it's 85 miles to the Dead Lantern and the road's nothin' to brag on, You can get them to put up a lunch for you in that ice cream parlor over there. And if we can get your baggage on this car we'd better do it. There's no machine on the Dead Lantern and I only make one trip a week." "Eighty-five miles?" The girl caught her breath. "Surely there must be a train—isn't there a town nearer than this? "No'm. There's a .spur track from Mexico that runs about thirty miles from the ranch but they only use it at cattle shippin' time. The young woman looked from her husband to Old Charley. "Do you mean that this ranch is 85 miles out in the wilderness and there isn't even a machine on the place?" Her voice was tremulous. "That's about the size of it, Ma'm." "But how. do they get to town?" "They don't come in so very of- ten." "Kenneth —" The girl appealed to her husband with questioning eyes. For a long moment the two young couple faced each other. Then with a shrug of helplessness the husband turned to Old Charley, "We didn't understand how it'woulci be. I expect we'd • better do as you suggest. We only have a small trunk and some bags they're still at the station" Old. Charley nodded cheerfully. "Fine. If ,you give me the cheeks 1 can be getting the stuff loaded while you folks see about your lunches. Pm sorry I can't take you any near- er the ranch house than the gate, though, Are they expecting you?" "Oh, yes. We wrote Mr. Snavely some time ago that we intended ' to arrive today. It can't be so very fe.r from the gate to the house can it?" "About five miles, I should judge." "Good Lord!" The Young man glanced curiously at the people on the sidewalk, "Well, then, I sup- pose . we'd better telephone Me. -Snavely and make sure -that he will meet us. We've already tried to find his name in the directory--" ,Old Charley shook his head. "The line stops:about two miles after you leave town." "No telephone?" The young man's brows puckered. "No -telephone-," he spoke slowly; the idea wasquite' new to him. "But how do people-" he paused and became more thought) fel. "Well, but say, Snavely knows all this, Does he know that you are the onlymeans, of transportation and that — do you; have a regular' day for making this trip?" "Every Saturday." "Well, then," he continued, pleas^ ed -with his deductions, "Mr.= Snave- '3s ly knows that we're coming on the same day you bring the mail and I'm sure 'he'll' meet us. W'e're rather important visitors, you know," he finished with a half -embarrassed smiler , By the time Old Charley had re- turned with a small steamer trunk; lashed on the rack end three bags and a guitar case on the floor of the car, the little family was waiting. The family rode in the back seat, crowded together in recognition of the strangeness -of their surround, ings. !Shortly after the outskirts of the town had been passed, Old Char, ley heard the man's voice raised with forced cheerfulness. "Were you ever on an unpaved road before Ruth? I dont believe I elder was." For a long time this scrap of con- versation lingered in the mind off the old man. As the miles crawled by, Old Charley settled into a physical and spiritual comfort, Although he never thought about it he always felt so after the town back ebbed away and the desert flowed in. By now all trace of man-made things had vanished. Only the road was left, lying straight to the south- west like a thin wedge, its point in the range of distant mountains which looked as though they had been re- cently thrown along the horrizon by a plow. On either side the desert lay — a sky bound ocean of gray, green and weathered brown. Far to the right jutted a single butte — craggy, barren, utterly alone. The air, then, unbelievably clear, was a thing of blinding light and quiver- ing heat — a parched thing which drew moisture from the lips and made the skin like dcy paper. A fence of three strands of barbed wire joined the road from the clirec, tion of the butte and followed mile after mile. Then' cane a gate, and fastened to a post near -by, a wood- en box with a tin can on top. Old Charley turned from the road and stopped within easy reaching dis, tante and from the mail sack he transferred the post acrd. A few miles farther on Old Char- ley turned to the side of the road and stopped the engine. "Hungry?" he asked, facing around. "Do you want to eat here?" asked the girl, as she glanced about with eyes narrowed to slits against the brilliant light. "Can't we go on un- til wo come to a stream or a tree — anywhere out of this awful heat?" "I'm nighty sorry," replied the olcl man, conscious of a certain guns, ening under the pettishness of her voice, • "but I'an afraid this is the best we can do. There ain't no trees on this rcaci—'eeptin' a mesquite or two—and a stream is plumb impossi- ble. If we kept on in this direction the first water we'd strike would be the Gulf of California.," The girl shrank back in the seat; her eyes darted over the desolate landscape as though imporing it to produce a tree, a house; an animal— anything familiar. She said nothing "Well, I can stand a little food," remarked the young man cheerfully, "and Dave, here, has already started on the lunch" He spoke to his wife as Old Charley busied himself with a package of sandwiches. "We're finding things a deal different than we expected, aren't we, Ruth? There's something -about all this I like though— he swept his arm toward the skyline; then opening the door, stepped out and steed be- side the• car. IIe faced the distant butte, now slightly behind them. "You know, this air is positively wonderful!" He tried to take a deep breath into his ruined lungs, but choked, and it was a full minute before he could' speak again. "Any way," he grinned weakly, "this air was eertainii made to breathe." (Continued next week.) DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD • Scout Jamboree, Note,; Magyar: Alphabet Locates Contingent 1phoubetical order -according to the Magyar alphabet -ruled the locat- ion of the Scout contingents of the various nations for the; great march past that opened the 4th .Weald Scout Jamboree in,Hungary, August 1st,. How the British Empire Marched The British contingents lined up thus: Anglia (England), Anglo I{uf- oldo (British Scouts aboard), Aus- tralia, Canada, Ceylon, Del .Abrika (South. Africa), Eesah Irorszag (Northern Ireland), Gibraltar, India, Ir Sabred ailam (Irish Free State), Jainaida, Mblta, • Newfoundland, New Zealand, Palestine, Rhodesia, Skocia FREIGHT TRAIN CRASH IN RIGHT -0E -WAY ARGUMENT • Eight ears, an engine and a caboose left the tracks when a Canadian National and a • Pere Marquette freight train tried to cross Chatham Junction, Ont., at the same time the other day, Pere Marquette employ, ees allege that they had the right-of-way. (Scotland), Trinidad, Wales. Cwt --3 British Overseas Units Australia's contingent of 85 was the largest British overseas unit, the next in order being India, with 72, South Africa with 65 and Jamiaea with 60. Ten Sub -Camps The great camp at Godollo is di- vided into ten sub -camps, represent- ing the Ten Scout Laws, and known by the names of birds and animals. ebb The Nations Thoroughly Mixed Each sub -camp comprises as many national groups as possible, includ- ing a British Empire unit. N•• --yrs �-a The Camp Banlc A specially erected branch of the Hungarian General Credit bank is taking care of the currency problem, the money of all nations being chan- ged into I•Iungarian on generous terms. Scout Linguist Guides Three hundred Hungarian Boy Scouts who have taken special cour- ses in 13 languages will act as guides to foreign Scouts visiting 'Budapest during the World Scout Jamboree. The Jamboree Canip a Scout Nation The Hungarian government, which is doing everything possible to make the Jamboree a success, has granted the camp the unique honour of ex, tra-territorial rights. In all admin- istrative details the camp is thus self-sustained,—a Scout nation with, in a nation, its laws the Scout laws. cel A special Scout commissioner has been apopinted to supervise Scout- ing among tbo tribes of professional criminals in India. ba Scouts Muke Park Fish Pond Boy Scouts of Rodney, Ont., made a lily pond in the local Horticultur- al Society park and stocked it with fish. Scouts Demonstrate Gold Washing A demonstration of placer gold washing, with "real colour," or real gold dust shown, was a unique fea- ture of a North Vancouver Scout Garden Party. A Canadian Japanese Stout Troop A special cable from Bolen -Powell congratulated Scoutmaster Yoshida of the 2nd Chemainus, B.C. Scouts, up- on the third anniversary of the only Japanese Scout Troop in the Empire. Free Uniforms for Afghan Scouts As part of its plan to encourage Scouting, recently started in that country, the Government of Afghan- istan is- supplying each new Afghan Boy Scout with two uniforms and camping kit, Cake and Breaed Makers Compete A cake and bread making compo, tition for both professionals and amateurs, followed by an auction of the entries, was the means found by the Hanna, Alta., Herald and the Robin Hord Mills for financing the eumner camp of the local Scouts. A River Ferry Sunrise Service A sunrise Rovers' Own service on a ferry boat in the middle of the Red river at St. Norbert, was the climax of the second annual all-night hike ,of Winnipeg Rovers. The ser- vice was conducted by Rover Mate the Rev. E. S. Reed, opening just as the sun showed over the horizon: CSI Boy Scouts will Guard Famous Train During the return trip from Van- couver to Montreal of the famous British train the Royal Scot, follow- ing its visit to Pacific coast cities at the termination of the Chicago fair, it will be guarded at all stopping points by Canadian Boy Scouts, to prevent vandalism by souvenir hunt- ers, The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and money. id You Ever stop to Thik —Just what a ten clollee bill which a farmer spends in his home town may accomplish? Let us follow it around. Probably the dry goods merchant gets it first. He passes it on to the hardware merchant in payment of an account. The hardware merchant pays it in wages to one.of his employees. This employee pays it to his landlady, who pays a grocery bill with it. The grocer can then pay his butcher. The butcher passes this on to his produce mer- - chant, and this produce merchant, buying largely from the farmer, passes this ten clillars hack to the farmer, from whom it originally came. Thus it has, in its ramblings among the home town people, served many useful purposes and yet it is still in the community to again serve. If ,Sent Away To Distant Merchants --That ten dollar bill is gone for gbod. It may serve to build up the large city elsewhere. But so far as the home ,community is concerned its usefulness is at an end, and the community has been drained of just that much working capital. When in Need of �qRl o ;r 'Y c tin' -,--Remember that orders left with your home town printer will serve to pay wages of workmen who in turn spend this money with local business houses, thus serving to maintain that round of busi- ness which is necessary in order that rural towns throughout Canada ;may flourish and prosper, THE C UNTON 'NEWS -RECO A FINE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING-.'RBAD ADS. 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