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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-10-30, Page 2Repiedge for' War Savings S .1 LEND. fy \WI LLIAM MV4OD RAINE CHAPTER 27 They ti•a'velle_d a, rough country of steep rocky, hill slopes, narrow draws, and high ledges. As they Aleared Yeager's camp they' fasten. cd their mounts and moved for ward on toot through' a fringe • of. small pines growiug' in a boulder field. There 'was a chance that Yeager• was to meet his allies at the dam, but it seemed hardly like- ly. When they were fifty yards away they were relieved to see the fat little Hat T rider busily .preparing breakfast. Loirg before the Hat T reinforce• meats came in sight the watchers In the rocks could hear the sound of their horses' hoovesstriking rocks. Out of an aspen draw a rider emerged, followed by a led pack horse and a second man. Pete waved a big spoon at them. "Come and get it,. brothers!" he called. The first rider dismounted, turn- ed his horse loose with grounded bridle, and gave his attention to the •pack animal, The load was fas- tened -with a diamond hitch which he released very carefully while the other man held the reins close to the mouth. "Not taking any chances of jar- ring the dynamite," Pesky said in Jim's ears. "Frosty is the fellow at the reins. The other is Berl Judson." The two men carried the sacks lo a grassy spot close to the as- pens. The three horses were pick- eted. After passing a bottle around they sat down to eat breakfast No snatch of their conversation reached the two hidden among the rooks above. During the meal the bottle went from hand to hand more than once. They ate hurried- ly, and as soon as they had fin- ished Judson and Yeager saddled and departed. Jin. and Pesky deew back among the rocks and detoured to a small gulch leading down to the park. This they descended carefully, Sil- cott in the van. As they drew clos- er to the park they redoubled their precautions against being heard. Frosty was cleaning the frying pan, the coffee pot, and the tin dishes. Be had bis back to them and was singing, very much off key, a cow• boy song: "Sift along, boys; don't ride so slow. Haven't got much time but a long round to go. Quirt him on the shoulders and wake him down the his, I've cut you toppy mounts, boys, now pair off and rip. Bunch the herd 'at the old meet, Then beat 'em on the tail, Whip 'em up and down the side And hit the shortest trail." "Why be in such a hurry, Fros- ty?" Silcott asked gently, drawling the words. "You've got all day, haven't you? And maybe not such a long trail to ride either." The man swung around, aston- ished, Ile stared at Jim, jaw slack and eyes dilated, "Why—why, what are you doing here?" he gulped out. "That's strange," Silcott said. "1 was just going to ask you that." The trapped mat knew no u..st not let Silcott guess why he was here. He must get hien and Pesky cut of the way before the return of his companions. There was some- thing about the editor's manner he Aid not like, a hint of Silas purpo5o that was disturbing. He told him- self that these men with rifles -In their hands 1 s worey robabl just out n Ogden's is my brae'! When an old-time roll -your -owner sees "Ogden's" on a package, he feels that it's been branded, specially for him. For Ogden's is not just another tobacco but a distinctive blend of choicer, riper tobaccos with a flavour which has kept it a steady favourite far a quarter of a century. Buy a package today and then Ogden's will always be your brand. Only the best oigarette papora— "Vogue" or "Chanteolor" — aro good enough for Otdon's OGDEN'S FIPIE CIJT CIGARETTE TOBACCO Pipe Smokers! Ask for Ogden's Cuf Plug on a hauling trip; and di, not be - neve it. Silcott and Kennedy we;•o not birds of a feather. They were not even friends. Some common 'purpose other than ,pleasure bad brought theni together, "i knocked off a couple of days to get a"bsck," Frosty explained. "Got kinda tiredof beef three times a day." "That's fine," Silcott said heart- ily. "Pesky and I are hunting too. We'll throw in with you. If you're alone?" The last words were flung out abruptly. The Hat T man hesitat- ed. But it would not do to be caught lying:, "A couple of other fellows .with me," he said reluctantly. "Boys from the ranch?" Iiennedy inquired. "Why, yes. Yeager and Judson, Work is kinda slack right now and we could get off," Pesky snorted. "Jud must have had a change of heart mighty re- cently. ]4losely, too. I worked for the outfit three years and never saw a hand get a day off for hunt- ing." "If you don't see a buck, I reckon you would as soon shoot.a dam," Silcott said. The Hat T man slid an appre- hensive eye at him. He was not in a happy frame of mind to enjoy puns. Somebody must bane got Word to Silcott what *as afoot. "I dunno What you mean, Red," he said sulkily. "No go, Frosty." Jim's voice had abruptly hardened. "You know why we are here, just as we do why you are. Take iris gun, Pesky. Ile might get notions." Frosty was older than most pun- chers. He had been riding for 11f - teen years and haat taken many falls. As a result of a broken leg from one bl those he walked a little lame. His thin brown face was seamed with, wrinkles, and the eyes that looked out of it were faded to a skiinnillk blue from squinting at several thousand blaz- ing suns. "Now looky here, boys," he pro- tested. "You got me wrong. 1 dunno what's eatin' you; There's no reason for you to take my gun away. I may be a Hat T hand, but that doesn't mean I'm any friend of Russ Mosely," "You don't need to tell us that," I{eunely said, relieving him of his .45 and making sure he carried 110 other weapon, " That weasel i wouldn't be a friend of a thfrty- dollar-anlonth cow -poke. Or of any- one. else except for what was in It for Himself," "You know are, Pesky, "You can tell lied I'm all right." "Yeah, I know you," the crook - nose man growled. "Ynure ono of Jud's 'Y'betcha' man. Really to run on any of his ditty errands when he Clacks the whip." "We'd better get busy," Jim said. "You come along with us, Frosty, and don't make the mis- take of trying to light out. But before we start the fireworks you had better turn loose these horses and drive then away so that they won't get hurt, Pesky." "That's right." Kennedy walked to the horses and freed them. With a heavy rope across their flanks he started them galloping out of the pocket, "You're not going to leave :no afoot?" t7 Pr t os said Y "Maybe ' yb your friends will give you a lift. Don't worry about the future, Frosty. Live happily in the Present." Silcott pointed to the gunny sacks, "Hoist one of tltelu on your shoulder and carry it to the bluff. Better not stumble or we'll both go to kingdom come." Frosty slid' as he was told. At the suggestion of the Diamond Slash man he repeated tile trip, ,ling inspected the face of the cliff. "This spot ought to do," Ise said, and knelt down 1n front of a V-shaped hollow at the base of two great boulders leaning against each other, lf.e puked the sticks of powder carefully and arranged a fuse. (To be continued) "Mr. Churchill" Busy Elsewhere .Axis prisoners of .war camped somewhere in Palestine thought they could taunt their guards by dubbing the orderly who cleaned their quarters "Mr. Churchly" The officer in charge bided his time until the next routine camp inspection, when the prisoners, re- plying to questions, said their ra- tions were better than they had received in active service and the clothing provided was ample, but they complained that their quer. tees "haven't been cleaned for a fortnight" "I am really sorry," replied the officer, "but you are probably aware that Mr. Churchill is very busy fighting a was on four con- tinents to crush Hitler and his regime. You will have to clean up around here without his help." Mother Nature Throws A Party Nature is a prodigal, yet, as a rule, she has ulterior motives in her prodigality, observes The New York riines;.If iii -spring she; gives the fruit tree more blossoms than the ,tree. can possibly use, it's to make sure of luring the pollivat. ing 'bees. if in the Fall 8110 pro-' duces more seed than any plant needs to perpetuate Its species— more, indeed, than can ever find foothold. inthe soil and room to grow—she may have in mind the welfare of the biros, the chip- ' mimics, the: human --race and other granivorous creatures that want 'their breakfast cereal, But her Autumn extravaganza of color seems.. to. be, an exception. tothe rule. Apparently the October outburst has no special meaning and serves no useful -purpose. What good it does to the plants themselves the biologista have not been able to discover. it seems to be just one of those generous things, litre out- sets and rainbows and northern lights, that Nature in her exuber- ance yields as bonuses to keep animate creation thinking- well of its earth and glad to be alive, Just 11ow she is throwing a party to which all are invited. If those who attend get comfort and peace and new faith and courage and vision out of it; if they are uptilt- ed in spirit and even a bit Intoxi- cated by what they see, perhaps that's the intention. New Plane Minus Tail and Fuselage United States Army Air Force officials were reported authorita- tively to be keenly interested in a new "flying wing" radically different from current airplanes and believed to holt. the promise of revolutionizing aircraft design. The plane, under test in Cali- fornia, lacks, both fuselage and tail and is literally a "flying wing." Brief information on it, including a sketch, was disclosed by a patent office publication, but officials said details had been classified as confidential and placed in the secret patent files. The craft is propelled by two flat pusher -type engines which are built into the wings. Movable tips of the wings serve as rudder and ailerons. The cabin is in the centre, and a gun turret has been placed atop each wing. In appearance, it resenl- bies a seagull. Aviation designers have been working for two decades or more on tailless planes which, in theory, should be capable of much higher speeds and greater ' manoeuvrability than conven- tional craft. ,S9. idewheeler It is interesting to note that the first steamship in:. Canada, the Accommodation, was built in Montreal by Hon. John Molson, and was launched in. 1809. She was a vessel- of eighty-five feet in length and originally Was: pro- vided with berths for twenty pas- sengers. A steam engine of Eng- lish manufacture propelled her open, double -spoked, perpendicu- lar sidewheels. Her maiden voy- age was from Montreal to Quebec on November 3, 1809, whieh dis- tance was covered in sixty-six hours. Land Lubbers Good Sailors Land -Lubbers, contrary to gen- eral opinion, do make good sail- ors. This comes on the authority of iron. Angus Macdonald, mini- ster of national defence for naval services, no less. He said in an interview: "These mer from inland cities make ex- cellent sailors. They are alt do- ing very well and we g1 ad to have them," The Naval Reserve and the Naval Vo lw neere R serve Mr. Macdonald. replied, had largely nl adosib. o p s lc the rebuilding of the present Canadian navy from 13 ships at the outset of this war to "more than 20 times that number" at the present time. By early summer of 1942, Mr. Macdonald said, he anticipated the R.C.N, wonld have 400 ships, mostly built in Canadian yards. vieve Ci Ens CES Oet, quick relief from the sniffling, mucus -choked misery of your head cold... soothe yanr sero in- flamed nostrils bre the -freely again... sleep better. Montholatum penetrafea to the remotest. air pongee,,, beim clear bead and naso and keep them clear ...instantly relieves your dla trees, or whey Lack. Ark our drrtgggir.t far elleotiolufnm today, Jars or tabor, 30o. Az ISSUE 44—'41 A TABLE TALKS By SADIE 8. CHAMBERS Seasonal Pumpkin AS the time draws near to' the season of Hallowe'en, that much beloved season of all the younger householders (and many older ones too), the attention is focus- ed on the golden.-pumplcin. Most people may think tmerely of pre- serving it in its simplest fashion, to use as a pie filling in the less fruitful days to, come, but 1100 are many interesting th}i,gs which can be done with it and here are a few 0f them. Pumpkin Chips Pumpkin Sugar Lemons. Ginger Peel and halve the pumpkin. Take out the seeds and cut into thick chips. For each pound of pumpkin allow 2 cups sugar and 'A cup lemon juice. Place chips in a deep earthenwaredish and sprinkle each layer with a layer of sugar. Put the lemon juice over the .whole. Let this retain fora day; then boil together, al- lowing 1 cup water to each three pounds of spgar, 1 tablespoon bruised ginger tied in muslin bags, and' the shredded peels of the lemons. When the pumpkin becomes tender, twin the whole into a stone jar and set away 111 a cool place for one week. At ,the end of that time pour the syrup off the chips. Boil down until rich and thick; then pour over the pumpkin and seal, This makes a delicious sweetmeat. „Pumpkin Honey 5 cups sweet pumpkin 5 cups sugar 2 oranges Put some peeled pumpkin through the food chopper; stew and measure. Add sugar, grated rinds and pulp of the oranges and cook very slowly until clear. Pour into glasses and cover. WINDOW LICENCE CERTIFICATE being issued by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to all persons and firms inclgded. in the nation-wide licert'sing plan. A combination of blue and gold, the iiconce certificate most be placed on the door or an'adjoin- ing . Window of the licencee's place of business. Deadline for secur- ing a license is December 1st, 1941. Forests In Sweden Pay Good Dividends Civilized Sweden always took ex- cellent care of her forests. They contributed greatly to her pros. parity in peacetime. They are a life-saver now. Sweden, though -neutral, finds her imports of 011 and gasoline cut off. Today Ilex inotor vehicles rush fairly well with gas made from chdreoai from her forests, says a correspondent of the. Christian Science Monitor. Lubricating oi1 is being made from wood tar. Cloth is being made from cellulose, an- other forest product, Sweden's fam- ous pulp mills cannot make paper, for there is no foreign market, but they can and do make feed out of moss, loaves and even pine needles. LET LAURA WHEELER JIFFY CROCHET TURN OUT GAY SCRAP AFGHAN COPR. Iso,, NEFOIECRAFT seelecG, etc. CROCHETEt AFGHAN PATTERN 2968 Brighten your hone with this colorful scrap afghan that is jiffy crocheted, one medallion at a time. It's grand to use on cold winter days, too, Pattern 2968 contains directions for afghan; illustrations of it and stitches; materials required; color schemes; photograph of detail of a medallion, Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., Room 421, 78 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and ad- dress. Another method: Take ripe, yellow pumpkin and cut in large pieces. Peel and serape out all the stringy portions. Weigh the pieces and allow 2 cups sugar and 1 small lemon or orange to each pound pumpkin. Grate the pump- kin on a coarse grates'. Mix with it the sugar and rind and strain- ed juice of orange or lemon. Boil slowly, stirring frequently and skimming if necessary, until it is smooth and thick. Pour at once into small glass jars or tumblers and cgver with melted paraffin. REQUEST Steamed Fruit Puddings 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder t/z cu nnllk p 34z teaspoon salt 'A cup shortening 8 teaspoons sugar 8 tablespoons water 2 cups fruit, berries, apples, cherries Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut 111 the short- ening. Add milk: gradually to nhalce a dough as Stiff as for bak- ing powder biscuits, Divide fruit into 8 greased moulds and add 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon water to each. Place a piece of dough on top of the fruit. Stearn 96 minutes and serve with lesion sauce. Lemon Sauce 1345 tablespoons cornstarch 3. cup boiling water 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1A cup sugar 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 teaspoon butter Blend the cornstarch and sug- ar. Add tho water and cook 15 minutes, stirring con- stantly until thick. Add lemon juice, rind and butter. Serves 6. Olins Cheatham, ,r0.leanre, 1n'rMUnal lei tern, from Interested readers, She Is pleased to receive suggestions on Widen . for her column, 111111 Is even ready to listen to your "pet Ileeveei ' Requests for recipes or spoelal ,genus ore In order, Address your letters to „111Iss Sidle O. Chem. hers 'a West Adelaide street, 'rs. ronin" Send stumped, self-addressed envelcino 11 you oriel, u reel,. A reader wants to know if an editor is a man who puts things in the magazine. Land, no! An editor is a nian who keeps things out of the magazine. —Rays of Sunshine. Task to Finish "This time our task is to be finished once and for all. This people will never rest until every hammer clangs, every wheel turns, every airplane flies and every Man works for victory," —Leonard W. Brockington. Women Fix Homes Business became so brisk after Mrs, Lawrence Mitchell opened a repair shop on a snnall scale that she soon had to employ five as- sistants. They are working day and night cleaning and repairing wort out furniture and carpets which 511e being ii ' used tofurnish g homes for bombed -out people in London, Blitatti's Fighting Pianos anit Warships 29 NOW AVAiLABL? 6Flyrng Fortre-oit, "fiesta/ Segaaghter". "MIMS, Wing George 11" and many others For each picture desired, send e complete "Drown ISrand" label, with your come and address and the name of the picture you want writ- ten on the back. Address Dept. J,15, The Canada Starch Donnan, Ltd., 49 Welling- ton St.. 1t/„ Toronto tl'VE STOPPED TAKING PILLS AND POWDERS',.. a l'6 SOLD ALL -DMI! zee "I have used all kinds of pills and Powders, but nearly everything gave me a great deal of discomfort. I have been eating KELLOGG'S ALL- BRAN now for about five months, and, it has done me so much good! I will never be without ALL -BRAN in the house," writes Mrs. E. Goodale, Hamilton, Ontario. Try ALL -BRAN'S "Better Way" 0 N, to correct constipation due to tack of the right kind of "bulk" in your diet. But remember, ALL-5RA1'1 doesn't work like cathartics. It takes time. Get ALL -BRAN at your grocer's; in two convenient size packages, or ask for the individual serving package at restaurants. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada. Indian Women Work Overtime Plying the needle and using hand -powered sewing machines, women ou Indian reserves in northern .Canada are furthering the war effort by converting' dis- carded military clothing into use- ful garments for their families, the Indian Affairs 'Branch of the Mines and Resources Department reports. The department said "substan- tial reductions" in government 'relief expenditures for Indian clothing have been macre possible through increasing' use of the con- verted military clothing. "Great- coats; jackets, trousers, shirts, underwear, puttees, socks and gloves, no longer serviceable to the army and air force, and for- merly disposed of as shoddy or waste, now are being shipped into remote Indian reserves through the co-operation of the armed forces,!' the department said, URGES CZECH NON- VIOLENCE Jan Masarylc, foreign minister of Czech government in exile, arrives in U.S, He is urging his countrymen to cease present vio- lence toward Nazi conquerors "before they kill off all my people," but promises more and better trouble later on, Buner Outiput Reveals Gain Up 22.2 Perct.nt--All PI'o'V- inces Contribute — Cheese Gain Small Canadian production of cream, ery butter in September rose by 22,2 percent compared with the same Month last year, the Domiu• ion of Statistics says. Last year at this time anxiety was felt concerning butter supplies and following Increases in price a maximum was established by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, The bureau said that all previa. ces Contributed to the increased production last mouth which rats• ed tine output to 32,415,274 pounds compared with 26,527,:119 in Sep. Welber, 1940, Output during the first nine months' of this year was 233,1196,324 pounds against 214, 211,423 in the same period In 1040. Whilebutter produotiou rose, the bureau said that cheese output, affected by drought conditions early in the major producing prov- inces of Ontario and Quebec, was only slightly higher for the eine months of this year being 118,560,- 857 pounds against 118,415,253 in. 1940, Cheese output In September was clown four percent. from the same month in 1940, et 20,050,232 pounds. Chocolate Padding By Katharine Baker If you -have to lure the chil- dren to eat their vegetables with the promise of a delicious dessert, Chocolate Pudding is just about the most tempting reward you could offer. The youngsters love its rich, chocolaty flavour. It's just as wholesome and nourishing as it is delicious. Chocolate Pudding 3 squares unsweetened chow - late, cut in pieces 3 cups milk (or 134 cups eva- porated mill( and 1'f% cups water) Ya Cup sugar •4 tablespoons cornstarch U. teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add chocolate to milk in double boiler and heat. When chocolate is melted, beat with. rotary egg beater until blended. Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Add a small amount of chocolate mix- ture, stirring. vigorously. Return to double boiler and cook until thickened; stirring constantly. Then cook 20 to 25 minutes long- er, stirring , occasionally. Acid vanilla. Chill and serve with cream. Serves 6. How About A Pedometer? Office boys in newspaper edi- torial departments Can sympath- ize with that grocer in Alexan- dria, Indiana, lexan-dria,lndiana, who says he Walks 17 miles a day Waiting on custom- ers, states. The Christian Science Monitor, But office boys tun— er are supposed to - when the magic word, "Copy!" pierces the . electrified atmosphere of the city r00m. City folk who patronize self- serve groceterias'and wander up and down the aisles — with or without the "baby buggy" some of these emporiums furnish -will appreciate the Hoosier grocer's achievements if they can visual- ize repeating their own visit to the grocery fifty or 100 times a day. But when it conies to daily long-distance walking', how about the waitress who serves an aver- age of -fifty customers three tines a day—if the union will let her? And what about the housewife pushing her vacuum or carpet sweeper over miles of rugs, or trotting up and down static with the children's clothes and play- things, dad's golf things, the laundry, the dry cleaning, the mending, and the groceries, or back and forth with food and dishes from early morning till bedtime? How many housewives think they wally as far as the grocer? To Take_"Potluck" " OM English Custom re you have ever invited an unexpected guest to stay and take potluck with you, diel you know you were just following an old English eating custom? In olden times, and as late as the eight- een -nineties, it was customary for the villagers to keep a large family cooking pot suspended from the fireplace pothook. Into this pot was tossed any edible to keep the pot boiling since the fire was seldom allowed to die out. 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