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The Clinton News Record, 1933-10-05, Page 2(PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Clinton News -Record With which is hneorperated THE NEW ERA Terms of Subscription - $1.50 per yearin advance, to Canadian ad- dresses $2.00 to 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,wtich every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. ®dvertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12e per count, line for first insertion. 8e for each subsequoni insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to ex- ceed, one inch, such 'as "Wanted", "Lost," "Strayed," .etc., inserted once for 85c, each subsequent in- sertion 15c. Rates for display ad, vertising made known on applica- tion. Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name 'of the writer. tG. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. H. T. 'RANCE :Notary Public, Conveyancer '!Financial, Real Estate and Fire In- eurance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Ilinsurance Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton. Frank Fingland, B.A., I.L.B. 'Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont. CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public. Commissioner, etc. Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. B. R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Fire Wind, Sickness and Accident, Anton mobile. Huron and Erie Mortgage 'Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds sox 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 67. BEATRICE R. GREENE Teacher of Piano, Singing and Theory. Studio—Commercial Inn. Phone 172. SYNOPSIS Ruth Warren, living in the East, comes. into'possession of three-quar- ter interest in anArizona ranch, left to her inthe will -of her brother, re- ported to have died while on business, in Mexico. With'her ailing husband, and child she goes to Arizona to take possession, thinking` the cli- mate may prove beneficial to her husband's weakened lungs. Arriving at the nearest town, she learns that the ranch, "Dead Lantern," ' is 86• miles across the desert. Charley': Thane, old rancher and rural mail. carrier, agrees to take them to "Dead Lantern" gate, which was 5 miles from the ranch house. As they wearily walked past a huge over- shadowing boulder in a gulch in corning to the ranch house, a voice whispered "Go bacic, Go back!" At the ranch house they are greeted suspiciously by the gaunt rancher ,partner, Snavely,`and Indian Ann, a herculean woman of mixed negro and Indian blood. Snavely is diffi- cult to understand but regardless. Ruth takes up the task of trying to adjust their three lives to the ranch and its development. Kenneth, Ruth's DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: 'Ontario Street — Clinton, Out. One door west of Anglican 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. ely would like it—you might hit • a have plenty of water we should get horse, or something•.'^ some more stock. I should think it Then for an hour Ruth ,discussed might be possible to get a few head ranching :with Old Charley. She' --say about two hundred more cows soon found that the son, too, wase and at least twenty young bulls by. much interested in the 'subject, Bahl swinging some sort ofa dicker with suspected that Will Thane had gone some other rancher—" to the city to be educated and to I Snavely 'did not speak for nearly ahe maksome money, and®that having a minute. At last said slowly, done both his thoughts were turn- "You're gittin' onto a heap o' things, ing toward the, country and the ain't you?" , work he had known in boyhood. Sev-"I'm doing my best, Mr. Snavely eral times she saw his eyes fixed. en —this ranch is going to be a real the mountains 'or gazing into the vol, ley in the inanner of one looking bp, on good things. • And . during all his 'talk — from' the first two minutes after old Char- ley's arrival. Ruth Warren knew that her father was ,)tot even going to answer her letter. Ile must have received it, or it would have been returned. Almost she wished that she had not been suspicious of Snav- ely that morning five weeks ago. If -she bad not taken that second letter to the box herself, while Snavely was off somewhere destroying the first, she could now blame the lack of an answer en to him and without losing caste with herself write another. But husband, caught in chilling rain con- she would write no more letters. Her tracts pneumonia and passes away people were not interested in her; before a doctor arrives. Ruth tries to •carry on. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY D. H. 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 promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at Tile News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 103. Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed. 6==:1Czo Old Charley was explaining his purchases: "You see, I hunted all over hewn but I didn't have no luck with habits like you wanted. I could have got one outfit but it didn't lock like it would last long so II got you one of these." veru well,, she could take care of her- self. Her pride told her that this Was best—she would not have cared to have Old Charley, for example, know that she had cried for help. When Old Charley and his son had gone, the girl boosted David on- to Sanchez and led her own horse to the gate. She paused, as her hand touched the fastening bar, and look- ed for a time at the crudely lettered sign. She had just put on a light coat with deep pockets the • high - hand pocket sagged heavily with the weight of its contents. She thrilled with the comfort of this weight and pressed it against her side. It ad- ded greatly to her growing sense of power; she knew many worthwhile things about ranching, and she could shoot a revolver. Suddenly she drop- ped Brisket's veins, picked up a stone and hammered the sign off the gate. "Just what kind of a situation is that, Dad?" Will was asking, as an- cient Lena bore them over the hill to the south of the gate, "Danged, if I rightly know," re - Plied Oki Charley. "I'd like to ask her some things straight rut —but— oh, hell, she knows what she's up against and she ain't that kind that wants their private affairs nosed in- to." ranch some day and we've got to think of everythirig and take ad- vantage of . everything , which will help us." "Well?' while you're thinking of everything, suppose you think of 'what will happen if we don't git no rain this summer." "Well, I once knew of a man who had lived in this 'country for more than silcty years and he said that nobody can tell anything about the DOINGS 1N THE SCOUT WORLD • Ruth opened. the package and found three pairs of overalls with short jackets to match. There was a bright copper rivet at the begin- ning of each seam. She rolled them up hastily "Most everybody in this country wears them," said the old man. "They ain't fancy but they're good riding clothes." Olcl Charley tcok another 'package from the car with some embarrass- ment. "I had some money left. Mrs: Warren, and I figured I'd add some- thing to your outfit." He paused so- berly. "I think you ought to have this—never can tell when you'll meet up with some—some varmint or other --coyotes, snakes, and such." Old Charley had unwrapped two heavy little boxes and now took from the side pocket rf the ear a large revolver. "This gun's one of urine—she's a dnandy—i'd like you to have it; Mrs. Warren." There was a quiet sincerity in the old man's voice which seemed to tell the girl. very clearly that she should have the weapon. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, George McCartney, R.R. No. 3, Seaforth; vice-president, Jas. Connolly„ G'oderick; Sec. -treasurer, Martin A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Thomas Moylan, R. R. No. 5, Seaforth; James Shouldice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesbora; 'Robt. Ferris, Blyth; John Pepper, Brucefield; A. Broadfaot, Seaforth; George Lefnhardt, Brodhagen. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 3, Clinton; Jahn Murray, Seaforth) James Watt, Blyth; Ed. Pinchley, Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, ctr at Calvin •Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ence or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica, •tien to any of the above offieere .addressed to their respective post or- -flees. Losses inspected by the direr- 'tor who lives nearest the scene. "Why—thank you — Iheavens! I'm scared to death if it!" "Here, take it." Ruth tock the gun gingerly. "I brought along an extra box of ve shells," said Old Charley, "and we are going to have some target prac- tice right now -- when you once learn how to handle a gun, and won't be seared of it — you'll find it a heap of coma£rt." And Ruth did find comfort and a satisfying thrill, when after the fourteenth consecutive shot she sent a forty-five bullet through the lid of David's hat box at a distance of TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and God'erich Div. Going East, depart 7.08 a.m. Going East depart 3.00 p.m. Going West, depart 11.50 a.m. -Going West, depart 9.58 p.m. London. Huron & Bruce Going North, ar. 11.34. Ive. 11.54 a.m. Going South ' 3.08 p.m. The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and •money. "No, I can see that," replied Will thoughtfully. "Cute lcid!" remarked Old Charley a moment later. "I'll say so- How in the world she ever got ,cut here—" WiII pans - ed abruptly. "He is a nice little fel- low, all right, and what a kick he got Brut of that hat! Ile seems to be.talcing to the life—" "Yeah," interrupted the father, "a ry cute kid." Ruth awaited the opportunity and finally cornered Snavely late one afternoon by the door of the saddle shed. "Mr. Snavely, I mentioned at our last talk that I was going to write fee capital to improve the ranch—I —it seems that there will be some delay" Snavely smiled sourly. "But," continued the girl hastily "I am sure that -we can do a good deal without capital. First, I ttn- derstand that the rains are expected about the end of June --less than a month away. You say that the big watering ,pond will carry us over, but that all the feed will soon be gate in that neighborhood. If we do have rains won't the other ponds which are down in the meadow lands be filled?" Already, the heavy black gun seem,' not a terrifying monster but a pow- erful friend. 20 feet. At about the thirtieth shot she found that she could keep her eyes open, and became really inter- ested. nter- e t d Already, the heavy black on Bless Scout Flags,of Many Nations On the opening day ,of the recent world Scout gathering in Hungary the flags of many nations were bles- sed by Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Mohammedan church dignitaries, TEURS., OCTOBER 5,1933 .fir w.--a-w-eew,e- .01111. 1.1110S6.1116, Scoutmaster Baden Powell cls Canada It may not bh generally known that 'Baden Powell is a Canadian Scoutmaster—+of the 1st Weymouth, N.S., Troop. The trdop was organ, ized this summer, and Mr. Baden PQwe11 accepted the leadership. "Do you figget you can tell me how to run a' ranch?" A New Foreign Friend Each Day 1Y. S. Scouts unnoticed, and had his laugh at Budapest when he was loud- ly' acclaimed by waiting Hungarians) Boy Scout ArchaeologistsScottish Scouts are ' finding at interesting activity in co-operation with the Glasgow .Archaeological So- ciety. The 51st Renfrewshire Troop is clearing., the floor'suitk'ace of a large cave near the ancient church of St. Columba, and a Dumbarton Troop is studying ;the mysteriors "pygmy" dwellings at the head of Glen Fruin, near Helensburg. Deep .Sea Scants Ashore The entertaining when ashore of Deep"Sea Scouts, 2lormer Scouts who have gone to sea, has become a sum- mer social activity of Canadian Rover Scouts at various Canadian "You are here for only a few ports During the visit of H.M.S. clays. I hope you all have notebooks xr n ,v to e t r t this summer and will list the names of all your new friends, Make a friend every day from a different country." So requested Baden-Powell of the 25,000 or more Scouts at the recent Inter- national Scout Jamboree i in Hun- gary. weather. So you see we can't shape our course very clearly on experi- ence. But we can go ahead as though things were going to be as they usually are. And of course we must have 'the ponds deepened any, way—even if we don't try to get more cattle just non." B. -P. Has His Joke Disguises are an occasional feat- ure of Scout camp fun. Baden-Pow- ell played the game on the way by steamer down the Rhine, to the re- cent world gathering of Scouts in Hungary. Dressed as "an elderly tourist" he mixed with a party of of cholos. And we can start in. Mrs. Warren, I aim to do anything I can to help fix up the ranch -only, it's gat to be possible—it's just got to be possible." In spite of Ruth's victory her knees Gould hardly support her on the way back to the adobe ruin. Somehow the fact that Snavely had agreed to do as she wished made her fear him the more. He knew now that she was not going to be easy to handle; what would he do next? She did not be- lieve that he would mildly subside. Snavely regarded the girl through half-closed eyes. "Say, jest what do you think you know about this coun- try, anyways—do you figger you can tell me how to ruts this ranch? You don't know nothin'; you can't tell a waterht' trough from a row row boat. You been here a couple o' months an' you aim to tell the how to run a twenty -thousand acre cow ranch, If you think you can head me the way you want me to go,. think again! •1 offered to buy you out fair an' square once, an' you didn't have sense enough to take me up. All right, I'm a mind to take back that there offer an' let you bump into c few things. Before a months out you'll come beggin' me for train fare out of here. If you're so set on 1n't- provin' things, go to it"—but don't figger none on me; this ranch is like I want it now!" "Maybe," he shrugged, "but they ain't deep enough to hold it long— "Then the thing to do is to have them deepened before the rain conies, don't you think so?" "Where are you going to git the money for diggin' 'em out?" "Well, that should be possible let's say that we deepen the three lower' ponds. You say there's one hundred and fifty-one dollars in the bank; we could get a eoupei of Mex- icans from that little border town— Palo Ferde—for about four daliars a clay. And we have the plow and horses and fresnzo. 1f the money won't be enough we could pay them off, with an old cow or two they'll do anything for fresh beef, You know.,, Snavely shook his head. "Since you come we'll have .to spend that money for more grub." "Oh, I hardly think so. I've taken Deep Sea Scouts from her crew vis, ited the .camp of the Cathedral Scouts and provided some "star turns" at the campfire. As David -was outside earnestly endeavouring to rope a rooster with a miniature riata. Ruth unlocked her trunk and took a comforting peek at the ugly black revolver. She -wish- ed she could practice more with it. After a time she relocked the trunk and moved her chair near the doorway where she could keep an eye an David, and watch the sunset shad- ows steal past her into the distant valley. The old oak tree spread its protecting arms—a faithful, gentle guardian. . . (Continued next week) !t Rescues From Drowning By Boy plunged !after' him and was unable either to save the baby . poi herself. The Scout. came out with the little boy under one aim and the' grand- mother on the :other. When a boat capsized in a swift raceway at Hull, Que,, and two, girls were 'held by the current, one 'sub- merged, against a wire netting, it was Scouts made the difficult rescue and revived the second girl; by ar- tif'Icial respiration. The rescue was the fourth credited to one of the lads, Patrol Leader Harry Barnes. A div- ing rescue in seven feet of water was the second by Scout Brimaeombe of Vermilion, Alberta. In other words, a dozen or more Canadian families were this summer r" saved heart -break and wrecked hopes ,and a dozen or more valuable lives were saved, thanks directly to Boy Scor'!t training. Scouts Whilst it may not be possible to say that a particular rescue from drowning by a Boy Scout was defin- itely clue to his Scout training, when 18 such rescues, scattered across the Dominion, are reported by the press in the two mid -summer months the actual number probably was higher, Scouting obviously is entitled to much of the credit,—the numbers of rescues plus the fact that Scours nct only arae instructed in water res- cue, but are taught, with respect to emergencies in general, that "others may stand and shout for help, but a Scout is expected to act." , Only such training would account for the rescue by Calgary Scouts, at different times and places, of no less than six children. Excursion To Churchill Canada's 'Most Northern Port Latest and most unique of the tra, vel bargains offered by the Canadian National Railways this year was a trip to Churchill, terminus of the Hudson Bay Railways and Manitoba's deep sea port. With fares on the cent -a -mile bas- is it made possible for the first time in the .long careen of the, pioneering line a visit by the general public. The usual features on this occasion were "de luxed" by all-inclusive rates which embraced not only tourist sleeping car accommodation but meals on a regular dining car which, accompanied the train and in use for excursionists during their stay at the port. In several scattered instances the victims were brought out uneon- scicus and revived by artificial res- piration. Scout Jack Evans of Car- man, Man., revived a girl said to have been submerged in a root -tang- led hole for 15 minues, notwithstand- ing that bystanders declared his ef- forts would be useless. Several of the rescue problems were unusual. A Strathroy, Ont., Scout, William Jervis, was called up- on to save a boy swimmer suddenly seized by another lad taken with a fit, At Picton, Ont., Scott Donald Wannamaker -ran to the rescue of -a 2 -year-old baby boy who had waded into a diving hole and the little lad's 70 -year-old grandmother who had ORIGIN OF PLUS FOURS It may be that some people do not know the true origin of plus fours. Young gentlemen' who swag- ger about in these garments, and even wear them to the office or the theatre, will like to know they are adopting'a Guard's gadget. When the British Army at home adopted puttees from its Indian comrades -in - arms the Brigade of Guards had nat- urally to be just slightly different. So they wound the puttees from an- kle to just below the knee in the or- dinary way but then allowed a f our - inch pleat of khaki trouser to turn down over top. This style became de - rigour in the Guards, and military tailors when measuring a Guardsman for his trousers, always added a memorandum, when noting the length, "plus four," meaning four extra inches allowed for the pleat. Guardsmen soon talked of their trousers as plus fours, and there ;tau ' have the whole history of modern man's ugliesll fashion. --London Cor. To Ottawa Journal, Ruth was white, but she answered evenly as she turned to walk away, 1 "Very well, Mr. Snavely. There's only one thing for me to do now." Snavely let her take perhaps a do- zen steps, then. "What did you say? What's that you're admin' to do?" Ruth stepped and faced him, her heart pounding, "Mr. Snavely, I am going to improve this ranch. You are my partner and it's one partner's duty to help the other. I don't pre- tend to know mueli about this work, but I know a great deal more than I did, and I do understand the general Principle that to make improvements we have got to begin. If you feel that we should go on as you always have then you and I do not agree and we shall have to ask for outside help to settle our difficulties. I have cer- tain' rights on this ranch and I shall go into town next mail day and con- sult a lawyer. I wanted to go in with you' and get some legal advice in the first place—" "Now listen here, pardner Snavely walked toward her. His attitude had changed. "I've already told you there's no legal advice need- ed. Your will is . all straight an'. 1 recognize it. That's all that's ne-, cessary — If you didn't have no right bene"his voice rose shrilly—"if, Yoe didn't--" He choked back his words and for a element was silent, then - "Look here, . we can't stand no fussin'. I'ma queer once all right, you prob- 'bly think—and. you're probab'bly s e . re right, ISut I'm you're partner and t) terrifying monster but aninven`ory of what we have and I we've got to work together. The ob- a powerful hien u s spirits think t Will as .a —• • rose. don't hold any banquets or celebra- back was just because they didn't "Well, practice le what does it," tions," she smiled seem possible.'But I see now- that remarked Old Charley; then quicicly,'� ,Snavely looked at the girl curt- you're right in one thing. We got "but I wouldn't practice much around �ously. td get a start on improvement. A19 . the home ranch if I was you, Mrs. Ruth hardly paused for breath, right, let's `tackle them represas. I'll - go to Palo Verde tomorrow and by nificantly,, "I don't, know as Jep Snav= way. New, then, as we're going to next day I'll be back with a couple • seemed powerful of a d R th' it it Lill last longtime if we jections I had to your schemes awhile Warren." He paused and added sig- "So let's get at the ponds right a- s ustrie s Every industry, be it large or small, adds to the progress and prosperity of any community. 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