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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-03-10, Page 6ORANGE BLENDardital Is not rte 2e. lle any ore 1 ee z a T840 x.'11L 1 . l k. FOOD FOR THOUGHT OF:CANADA IN LEE YEAR Little Known Facts ':About Water Ways and Soils, LAND OF OPPORTUNITY. In cur : first article ou Canada and Caeadiecalem we showed that the greatest fttndaniental asset Canada possesses is her predominantly sound people. Over half ,her total . Papulation is of British origin and fully a quarter is of virile Freaeh stock, Canada has nothing to fear at present from -the aurest-engendered by d`sturbiug Euro- pean offecouriugs which, are such a pr6blem to our neighbor to the south. With the continuance of sane immigra- tion we will add to rather than detract from, our national prestige. We need population for the complete develop- , ntent of OUT country, but we must not acquire it. at the cost of nationalun- soundness which comes from trying to absorb - peoples possessed of low standards of living and low national ideals. Let us tontine our immigrattan. to the good old British agricultural and artisan stook than which there is none better. Physical Assets, • .mae•kets of the . world. Beyond the wheat lands, to the foothilie of the Rockies,,, we have an ever growing number of general farms, so that to- day Alberta takes a proud-posttibu amoug the ,producers oI livestock, dairy and ,owtry le:educes. It should be noted that the provinces of Many toba and Saskatchewan, like Alberta, are no: tenger solely confined to the production of the uattee'e:wheat ;orop. The shipments of mixed •fiu•in preducte from the whole meet of •,Canada are t growing Year y year and these iu- oreasing exports indicate a permanent and satisfactory condition' existing in our busk Industry—agriculture. Bri- tish Columbia, -lathed by the mellow breezes of the Pacific, specializes In fruit and dairy farming. The natural grasses oil our .western provinces have a• palatiblLlty and food value possessed by moire of'the natural herbage found elsewhere ie. Cerada, and the British Columbia farmers take full advantage of nature's bounty, saving ymroh in their ordinary farm routine. This is due to the soil being alluvial deposit strong In potash and phoaphorte anti derived from the decoyed shell fish quite apparent to the naked eye hi the British Columbia sonatas found In the lower bench levels. -Article III. will follow at an early date. Our next g're'atest national asset is the Physical eharacter of our country. in an understanding study of it map of Canada wed must be linpressed by the extraordinary waterways which reach literally from coast to coast. We will later touch on the transportation and power values of these waterways, but at present we wish to point out that their very existence. indicates the bentficenee of our' climate, which has a rainfall sufficient to make these gigantic lakes and rivers possible. There le 116 other country on earth which has such abundauce of rainfall, and with the exception of a small pm - tient. of southern Sagkatehewaa and Al- berta' we have no Canadian desert. • Our country has the acreage, the soil fertility and the elimatio conditions which combine to make a foundation of successful agriculture upon which had been erected a superstructure of duanoeally sound commerce, based .upon our unlimited natural resources. Our Water -ways. ' We referred just now to our rivers and: lakes stretthiug from coast to coast. Wo allfully appreciate the Im- .Dortanoe, sizeand scenic grandeur of the St, Lawrence..Wn havo constant • reminders of the cammerclal value - and the climatic inituenoo'of our in- land -sea's, to Great Lakes, but do we is the east realize that beyond them'. and stretehing even unto the Rockies we have other gigantic bodies of water that are only dwarfed bycomparison with the Great Lakes, How many of ug know 'that Lake Winnipeg is three hundred miles long, and 60 miles wide (nearly twice as long and twice as wide as Lake Ontario) ; that front the noith- west of Lake Winnipeg the Saskatche- wan River winds its way for over a thousand miles through fertile prairie and past populous towns till it reaches the Rockies with two, branches, one Passing Edmonton in tee north and the other . flowing by Medicine 1-lat three hundred miles farther south and both cities in the •prevince of .Alberta. At Edmonton we are but a few miles from the Athabasca; which with Rs continuing river, the Mackenzie, gives a navigable waterway or over twenty- four hundred miles, reaching to the Arctic Ocean. Lakes, rivers and 'streams suclt aspossessed by Canada lndlcato not tidy an abundant ram fall, and provide cheap transportation, but most important of all they give, water power and water `power means MA118er1al prosperity. To the west of the Rockies we have -sizeable rivers coersing.tlirough each and every wood ed valley, ranging front tits mighty Eraser,; with its lengthor over four- teen hundred miles down to the spark- ling, •crystal clear, ice cold tributarles of the many laked that nestle amid the towering 'peaks or the rugged moun- tain ranges that font the, backbone 'of the eentinent. Sol I. a Prom the smilingvalley of the Au- napolis•, is Nova Scotia, to the sun- kissed fertile alluvial benches or the Fraser canyon, Canada offers every type of sail with a most iwvish diver- sity of iver-sity'of combinations, ,eagcseially'In the eastern, provinces, where the great glacial Ice push thoroughly mixed and ground the compottenf parts together. Clays and sande lid side by side:and throughout these throe poovinees there is little' lack or the natural chemical elements which go to make a complete and fertile soil. Between thesd three provinces and, tii.e :vvoet. Lies what was once believed to lie a natural barrier of fealty waste with mninterestIng levels or, spruce, -poplar, and jack pine. Now tve know that ibis hamlet con- tains the greatest storeof precious nitnerals of any like area in the world, testes the poplar, pine and spruce in themselves form an unestimafted nsr tional asset they in turn spir'g front a .soil particulea•ly adapted to the growth of :certain: field crepe end as such will add to our acreage An area that can only be measured by Ituuci'reds of seeerre n'tiles, To the west we have •tlt'e giant .•beat plebe of Canada from whence each your 'hun- dreds' of mellow( low( of bushels of the • Arlegi• who.:,; grove are nbipp•ed ttaclta• A NEW BLOOMER DRESS, Chrtningly,' simple is the attractive bloomer biers pictured here and a style very easily fas'htoned, The front and back are gathered to a fitted yoke opening . on the kitnone shoulders, while a trim belt fastens lit front, The bloomers have elastic run through; a tap casing and at the lower edge of the legs.; No. 1492 is hi sizes 2, 4, 6 and -8 years. 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BEGIN HERE TO -DAY, ' Ben Darby, a prisoner, is declaredto be a victim- of amnesia by a noted alienist, and is paroled to an old friend, Ezra Melville. Together they start on a trip to the ruga. River, where Ezra goes to take possession of a rich claim left by his brother, Hiram Melville, who recently had died. Ben is to have a partnership and a new lease of life. At Snowy Gulch lives arti err i• 1 d hi .:two'p Jefic y Neion e an s a , lay Brent and Chart Iieminway. Neilson leader of the notorious gang; has a beautiful daughter, Beatrice, wibh whom Brent he in love. When Ezra and Ben arrive at the north woods Ben's memory returns, 'theyoteet a fientieraratte and learn that Neilson ;and his gang have started toward Hiram's claim. Ezra suggests that Darby go on Snowy Gulch, and he will travel towardtheirdestination.: At Snowy Gulch Ben finds that Fenris, the late Ezra , Melville's' pet wolf, has broken loose and stands ready to ,destroy a beautiful girl. GO :ON WITH THE STORY. 19(2-1,rt3.le,Brown i, Got—kr/no). CHAPTER VL BITTING TIip TRAIL Ben found, 'rather as he had ex - peeled, that the girl was. not 'tit ell embarrassed by the knowledge that diet were to "have a lonely all -day Tide, together. . The frontier `had taught her to judge.. men. As daylight broke they started., out down the shadowed street of the little town. "Tho last we'll see of civilization for a long, long, time," the girl re- minded him. The man thrilled deeply, "And I'm glad of At,", he answered. "Nothing ahead but the, loug trail!" ' At the very headquarters of Poor Man's Creek, where the stream had twindled to <:a silver thread between mossy banks, Beatrice and Ben made their noon camp. 13ut it was not to be that this:jour- ney should hold only delight for Ben. €1 half -mile down the river he -sudden- ly made a'inost momentous and dis- turbing discovery. He: had'stopped his, hore.to reread river." the copy of Hiraur'1Vlelvilles letter, ,.Ben made no reply at once,; but -his intending to verify his coarse. His mind "sped like lightning. Of course gaze came to rest upon a familiar Neilson was lying about the claim: name. -Look out for Jell Neilson and his gang," the letter read. "They seen some of my dust" At first he did not glance at Bea- trice. Slowly he folded the letter and put it back into hie, pocket. "I'm going all right," he announced. 1Ie urged his horse forward; "It seems to me we must be head- ing into about the same :country," Ben went on. "You see, Miss Neilson, I'm going to make my first permanent camp somewhere : along' this ` still stretch." - "My lather has come to the con- clusion that it's really worth prospect- ing,. He's in this same country now." The fangs were bared, gleaming in. foam, thee hair stood . erect on the powerful shoulders; and instantly Ben 'recognized its breed: It was a, 'magnificent specimen of that huge, gauntrunner of, the forests, the Northern wolf. - He knew this breed --this savage, blood -mad, fierce -eyed creature that turned, snarling, at, leis approach., Fenris was only a fellow wilderness ceeature, a pack brother of the dark E0rests, and be had no further cause for fear. • • • "Fenris!"' he ordered • sharply. "Cone' here!" His invoice was` com- manding .and clear above the animal's snarls. . There followed a curious, long in- stant of utter silence and infinite sus- pense. "Down,' Fenris," Ben said again. "Downl" - Then slowly, steadily,'Bett moved toward him Watching unbelieving, Morris saw the fierce eyes begin to lose their fire. The still hair on the shoulders fell into place, tense muscle relaxed. , ' Ben stood.beside him now, hie hand. reaching. "Dorm, down," he option- ed quietly. Suddenly the wolf crouch- ed, cowering, at his feet, Ben straightened to find himself under. a wondering scrutiny by both Morris and the girl. "Good Lord, Darby!" the former exclaimed. "How did you do it—?" Suddenly Ben reached and took the wolf's head between his' hands. Slow- lyr he lifted the savage face till their eyes met. The wolf growled, thea, whimpering, tried to avert its gaze. Thema rough tongue lapped at the man's -"handl And now, for the' first time, Ben found himself regarding Beat ice, Ile ,could scarcely take his eyes from her face. He knew perfectly that he was staring rudely, but he was, without the power, to turn his eyes. Her Clark Gym fell under his gaze. "There's nothing ' I can say—to thank you," the girl was murmuring. "I never saw anything'lilce it; it was Past as if the wolf -.understood every word you said." "Old Hiram had him pretty well trained, I suspect." The man's eyes fell to the shaggy form at -,his feet. "I'm glad I happened along, i1Iiss—" "Beatrice Neilson. I live here." Neilson! His mind seemed to Ieap and, catch at the name. dust that day he had heard it front the lips of the merchant. And this was the house next door where dwelt his fel- low traveler for the morrow. "Then. it's your lather—or brother —who's going to the Yuga-" "No," the girl, answered doubtfully. •»My father is already there. I'nt,,here alone—" Then the gray eyes lighted and a smile broke about Ben's lips:- •E©w times in his lifehad he smiled in quite this vivid way. ; " it's you," he exulted "who "Thee 1 is going to be my fellow traveler to- morrow!" clear night. -I can make a fire and sleep out.' They halted at last;'ands Beatrice craw :her father's form, framed, in the doorway. She hastened Into his arms wFLitbig In the darkness lion could not"kelp but bear his welcome. 11. Many things, were doubtful; but there I could bo no -doubt of the love that Neilson bore his daughter. "But why so many horses,:' Bea- trice?" he asked; "You brought, some one with you?". "He's a ,prospector—Mr.'. Darby," the girl replied, "Com here, tion— and be introduced." e. 'Ben had already decided upon his course of action. He knew_ perfectly that it would -only put Neilson on his. guard,if he stated his true position; and -besides, he, wanted Word.of Do ram. "I mayhave,•a wrong steer, "Mr. Neilson," he said, "bit a roan I' met down, on the river -trail, out of o u i Snowy Gulch, at me to• come hare.. IHe-said that he had some -sort of a claim up here and that his bro- ther left him, and though ,it was a pocket county, he thought there'd soon be a great -rush, up this way." "I hardly ]snow who it could have been that ' yoit met," . Neilson began doubtfully; "He didn't 'tell, you his name—„ "Melville. I believe that was it. And if you'll tell me how to find him, I'll t-ry to go on to -night" . ` "Melville, eh? I guess I know who you mean now. But no—I don't know of any claim unless it's' over east, be- yond here. Maybe 'Lurther down the The Real Trouble in China S. 7.. G., lil the Leaden Dbeerver (Inti. Cons.) : The British Governeeent, like the American, is working genuine- ly 101' the peaces, smiou,:ineependeace arid stability of China. That cause can .only come gradually to full suc- cess. British arid American co-opera- tion could 'ensure absolutely its oven' tttal' aeeompiisbment, Otherwise brings may go worse before ;they go better, and may drift to caial.strophe. The Bolshevist method--irate&ii to the strong forces of honeeivativo Netlon- aiisni in China --would not only des- troy all prospect of is union between, north and smith; but would end lir a chaos of socia.? Seel/ war added• 1e. eolitiet) civil war. - o -- 'he knew perfectly that at:that mo- ment he was occupying one of Hiram Melviile's cabins, - "He hasn't come up this way?" Ben asked casually. "He hasn't come through here that I know of. Of course I'm working at my claim -with my partners -and lie might have gone through' without our seeing him. It seems rather unlikely." "He told me, ;in the few minutes that I talked to him,-thatshis cabin was somewhere close' to this one. —I theught he said up this creek? "There is a cabin up the creek a way,' Neilson admitted, "but it isn't the one he meant. It's on my claim, and my two partners are living in it, Taut when be said near. to this one, he might have meant ten miles. That's the .way we northern -men speak .Of distance." • Ho said his farewells to. the girl, refused' an invitation to peas the night in the cabin, and made his way to the green bank of the stream; Four hundred dards fronn -the cabin--oh- 'soured from both by the thickets—he pitched his camp. -Ben' made his fire and unpacked his hooses. He confined his riding horse with a picket rope; : the others he tutored loose.. Then he cooked a simple meal for himself and the gaunt .:ser- vant at his heels. ..'nen the night had come down, in full, and as he sat about the glowing coals of his supper fire, he had time to devote serious thought to the fate of Ezrant, Impelled by an urge within himself, Ben suddenly INelt beside his lupine friend. Re could not understand the flood of emotion, the vague sense of impending' and dramatic events that stirred him to the quick. He only knew, with a knowledge akin to in- spiration., that hi Fenris lay the`an- awer to Itis problem. PFenris old boy," -the man whisper- ed. "Can you find him for me, Peo- ria? He's out there somewhere'--" the man motioned toward the dark— "and I want him. Gan you take nie to him?' ' (To be continued,) When It Didn't Work. "It's funny how flat a very polite re- mark falls waren I make it,, said the recruit. "How's that?" asked the sergeant. "Well, at the ball last night the cap - "There's nothing I can say—to thank you," the girl was murmur- ing, "I suppose I'll meet him -I'll likely meet )rim to -night when I take you to the cabin on the river. "You said his name wad---" "Jeffrey Neilson." Ben's thought flashed to Ezrain. The recovery. of the mine had been the old man's fondest dream, the Last hope of his' declining years, and this setback would go hnrdi with him. ' But there would be certain planning, when they met again over their camp fire. And there were three of them allied now. 'Fenris the wolf had conte into his service, CHAPTER VII. IDE. - taro got into the. general's wife's good wont' SCENTS I)EA'f1, `As twilight darkened to the full graces by asking it she were her herself." gloom, of the 'forest"night; daug Ben and "Yesh—teror" Beatrice rode to a lonely cabin on the "Well, it didn't work at all when I Yuga liiver—ono that hacl been built tried it out on her daughter." - by -Hiram Melville years past, They had seen a lighted window from afar; DON'T BE f3EGE1VED.' marking the anti of Beatrtces hard Ila 's iiia. � A bargain, so called, in cheap bull- y'. tea, isn't ,worth what 1011'10'11 foe• Or courso you won't try to go ors to -night?" she asked Ben. "You'll ' stay to-night?" cabin?': The tallest known ferns exist in the +won't.Hawaiian Islands where the row • "There likely'he room for , y g three,"' he.. answered. "But, it's a to a height of 'SO feet or. 40 feet. • ,:�'`x`n �SR;�»revs.:: �.�n•�rw:i ..,,.,..,,. a ...........:... :. . -. ., ... 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He foit they ought to go "to- gether, because they belonged the one to the' other in the nature of things. It is a bail thing to make a toil -of pleasure; itis a WA -thing to make a pleasure of toil. When man was con- demned to earn his bread "by the sweat of hie brow," 1t was the greatest' of all boons 'disgtiised as a'curse! I draw a etroag :disttnctlon between toil Rod slavery. Rood gave immortal expression to the latter In his Song of the Shirt, . Slavery is an aceursed thing, eitltor in the sweat -shop or cn Ole oottou-fleld, Tho latter enormity has gone; the: other still lingers in dark corners of our ' great industrial cities: It is of the toil of free mei I speak, and that ought 'ever to have in it. a strong element of- joy: It ought never to be a burden too heavy to be borne; 1t ought never to bo exacted in 41, slave - tidying spirit. It is true the work we do for a liv- ing is not always the world we would choose, were we the arbiters of our owm destiny. Dat .when I canmat do what I duce, it well to try to like what I dc. lir the majority of cases tltlessi@ isr.fenslble. Nody good work vtvas Aver dons 1lst- Orel withouenthusiasm, 11ue kin says: " We`are not sent into this world to do anything into Whia we cannot put our. hearts. We have cer- tain work tb do 'for our bread, •,aiid Chid is to be dem) strenlionsiy; other work to do for cue .rleligltt, and that is :to be •done iioart iy; neither is to -lie done by 'hwlvea or shifts, but with a vvi11; aud what is not worth this ef- fort is not to be dello et all." • It is ahiglt ideal, and, its attainment depends loss upon the ferny of toil which is ours than upon the spirit of. willingness, ,and the sense of duty, we brirr,g'10 etre doing of it:. When 0111 John Creme, the land- scape . painter, lay dying, ho said to iris song also a painter "John, lad, if you only paint a pigsty, glorify it." You say; "Yes, that's all very well for Solus Groins. Be painted pictures, evert if they Were ,pictures of pigsties. i:happen to be a painter of houses, ont- side and in•! How ant I to rejoice in tisa,t, much:lose g'lprlfy it?" Just, by icing it to the topmost peak al yo -or ability, and giving not .only your mind, but your whole heart to y01it'. lob. Mother Knew! Bobby (returniup, to city after'month spent 011 Lorin)' --"And mother, each. Ven ing,I saw tido milkmaid." other—"Mille isn't mala, dears You must be thinking of tho cocoa." Banks and Credit. London Truth (Ind. Lib,): Mr, Mc- ICeniia's s'eeech at the meeting of the, Mldlaad Bank was retearlcably inter- esting and instructive. , What 1Vir. McKenna endeavored to strive home 1s, in eSYeet,'"that the Bank of England is the virtual: controller of money, or that title t0 money which we designate credit:- By increasing the vclume of credit it is in the power of the Banti to stimulate trade, but by reducing it to bring about. the op- posite effect: Since 1911. the, amount of bank deposits in America has great- ly increased, whereas Miles country it has diminished. Here, in the opinion of Mr. McKenna, lies at least a .partial explanation of the divergent trade experience of England and America, and the result has been brought about by the difference in the banking systems of the two countries. With us the supply of credit is ms!nly based Upon the anrotmt of our gold. In America, roughly speaking, it is res • gulated by tho gngntity, of biile drawn' by the commercial community, which bills, if approved, can forth the basis,. for an increase in the annount' of American bank notes. . Priceless liberty. "He may semi and takeby force," said they, This paltry sum of gold: But the goodly ,girt of liberty ..Can not be bought ansl sold. —Spanish Ballad. Trane.. by Long- fellow. A Pebble was f3:c Cave Mate's Candy! It kept his' mouth moist and fresh on his hot,' rocky road., Calling on sweetie, he took her a smooth,' white atonal Today, tc drake m lasting, satisfying it pression, take.' Isar Wrigley's. -tif5t-C 5 After EveryMoa± -dinar Smormg Tool ISSUE No. 10--'27,