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The Clinton News Record, 1938-11-03, Page 2'WAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., NOV. 3, 1938 "Hills Of Destiny" By Agnes Louise Provost SYNOPSIS Slanty murmurs that the mine con- sound of hoof beats had cometo him Lee Hollister returns unexpectedly ',from abroad to find Matt Blair, his 'foster father and owner of the Circle V ranch, dead by his own hand. The -ranch is going .to rule. Virginia, Matt's daughter, returns home from New York to help save her property. She has been persuaded by her uncle, Bllison Archer, to sell the ranch to Milton Bradish, scheming ex -partner •of her father. Milton's, son, Stanley, in love with Virginia, tries to dis- credit Lee in her eyes, but Lee and Virginia became engaged. Stanley, then accuses Lee of being a son of Matt's, but Lee declares he will prove this, charge untrue. One day he is imprisoned in the aid abandoned Ban- anza mine by' a slide caused by Slanty Gano, crooked sheep hand working with Lawlor, presumably for Bradish, As Lee loses consciousness tains rich ores which he had Ridden intermittently. They seemed to De from 1Viatt, 'Following him or at least coming his XXVII way. Just one horse. Lawler drew aside into the thickest growth he could find and dismounted. P.. Long boars of hiding had not flu- He recalled feeling something stiff proved Rarity. Gana's temper, and in an inside pocket of his coat as Lawler,also. was .visibly. soured. Hehe had swung himself over the edge was' stretched out indolently, 'half of the case floor. He did not re- sitting, half sprawling, just inside mealier putting anything there. Law - of a nairotiv rock crevice- some forty ler frowned and put his hand in. feet above the floor of a secluded The paper that he drew out was little box canyon, It was• a peri'eot puzzling. It was a neatly folded, hide-out. The tiny box canyon could legal Iooking document, with print be approached only through a larger ing• on the back and a single word one, by a rock floor that left ae standing out boldly: DEED. Other betraying trail, and its sole entrance words caught his eye,—"1Vlatthew. was a narrow cleft so hidden that a Blair" --"Lee Hollister.". roan might pass it a hundred times 1 Beneath the word Hollister was the • without suspecting its existence. blurred imprint of a bloody thumb. From the floor of the canyon, toe• It night be anybody's thumb. hold and finger •hold had brought} Even as the purport of it struggled them to this fox hole in mid-air.. It into Lawler's slow mind the horse The Clinton News -Record "with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION X1,50 per year in advance, to Can.; adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or either foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- lisher. 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COOK was not .surprising that the riding} jerked his head up suddenly, and a inert had not found diem. shrill nicker greeting another horse From where he lay on a pile di that he knew, sounded through the boughs, Slanty sent a jeering taunt, stillness like a bugle call. at his fellow fugitive. j Panic swept over Lawler. Fire - I and slaughtered cattle, and in his ".'Ye talk big, but I notice ye keep possession the blobd-smeared prop- onskulkin', The Circle V boys has erty of a murdered man: What little found out that ye set that fire. head Lawler had, he lost. Cursing Wehre'd ye think ye was gettin' with Slanty Gato''and his horse, he mount - the big fella by tryin' to burn up ed hastily and bolted for deeper the place he wanted to buy, an Wali the State besides? If they'd caught ye that night, ye'd have been torn to bits:" "It wouldn't have done nothin' but burn off sonic grazin' if the wind hadn't freshened it," retorted Law- lor sullenly. "And I notice there's two of us skulkin'. It's. you them boys are after. You've done for Lee Hollister. • Didn't I hear what they said, passin' not twenty feet away from us—" "Maybe ye'll remember that yore 1 name was mentioned as well as mine." •Slanty arose deliberately and faced his partner with a hard stare. "Folks around here knows ye got. a grudge 'against Lee for mania' ye out of a soft job. Lee ain't, been seen since he started this way Wed- nesday . night, and two or three posses is out lookin' for the man that did for Min. An' the man they ketch has got to account for his actions that night; extra particular. Where was ye Wednesday night, Lawler? Got an alibi?? Slanty's voice was menachng, itis head was thrust forward and his eyes bored into the stupidly staring' ones of his slower witted companion. "Better get your own alibi," snarl - Piano and Voice .ed Lawler, but his voice was mn. certain. For Lawler's alibi,_ with Studio—E. C. Nickle Phone 23w.men, would be almost as swift stud those Ug-tf• of retribution as the greater crime. Sticking doggedly.. to his one idea of ingratiating himself with Milton Bradish by piling tip discouraging losses- on the present owner of the Circle V, he had spent the night cut- ting out a buneb of Virginia's cattle, and '. wantonly slaughtering them in a remote coulee. There had been a splash of blood on his shirt when he had returned in the early morning, to flee at the sight of those riding nnen. He wore his coat buttoned now . to cover the stain. Lawler's mouth sagged •as hideous possibilities came to him. He glared at his companion, went further into their burrow, and presently a gurg- ling sound told that he was bracing ragged nerves. A little later lie lay in a drunken sleep}, Presently Slanty 'went to where Lawlor; lay and pat a hand on his shoulder as if to shake him awake. The sleeping man did not stir'. From a hiding place, inside his shirt Slanty took out a folded paper and slipped it cautiously into Lawlor's inner pocket. Them he arose lightly and went to the crevice that served them as a doorway. Morning sunshine brightened the secretive little canyon. ; Down there two horses were picketed, well hid- den from any casual eye, but only one of them was fit for travel.' Law- ler had 'ridden his horse lame on Wednesday night, and the foot was getting bad. But Slanty knew what Lawlor did not.. There Were two other' horses not far away in a hidden corral. Slanty had more thanonce found it expedient to change mounts quickly; from grey, for instance, to. black, or from black to' bay. He went back again. When Law- ler awoke, hours later, the sun was slanting westward and Slanty 'appar- ently was asleep. Lawler carne soft- ly to ' his feet and edged toward the harrow exit, With a quick • glance over his shoulder., he let himself down to the first hold. In. less . that ten minutes it was done. Leading the fresh horse Law- ler, picked his stealthy way ou:t of the box canyon, hugging the rocks wall and edging from thicket to • thicket with every nerve strained. Some Brief . Notes on the Canada Temperance Act No 7 JUDGE UUILRIY DECLARES THE CANADA '1,'i1MVll Jf1GANCE ACP IN FORCE Manitoulin is under • the Canada Temperance Act, but unlike Muton, Perth and Peelit did not ask for suspension and the Dominion law has continued to operate continuously for the liquor charges it covers despite the coming of the Ontario 'limper.- ante Act, and the subsequent Liquor Control Act.- n the case of Manitoulin, it not having been suspended, there was no question of the Canada Temperance Act not being "in force". Accord- ingly the Ontario government from the beginning refrained from plac- ing authorities in that area, and al- though hotels sell light beer (4.4) there is no legalized beverage room in 'Manitoulin unto this day. Daring; the spring ,of 1938 a ease arose in 1Vlanitoulin 15land Which 'is of considerable importance and, which exactly counters the decision of the late Judge Grout of Peel. A Mrs. Solomon vias accused before a magis= trate of selling liquor. The charge was laid trader the Liquor Control' Act. The magistrate convinced her of violating that law. Appeal how= ever was taken before the County judge for that area, Judge Currey, Who quashed the conviction holding that the Canada Temperance Act is in force in Manitoulin and that the charge of selling ]could 'have been laid under that Act. • The government of Ontario ap- pealed from the decision of Judge Currey to the Supreme Court of On- tario. The case came up in the early summer before a full bench with the late Mr. Justice Latchford, acting Chief Justice, presiding. The hearing was from several points of view a very interesting one. The Ontario government was represented by Mr. Snyder and Mr. Magone. When -tile case was called the Act- ing Chief Justice stated that it seemed} unnecessa'r'y to hear argu- ment; the matter had been before the Privy Council and the court was familiar 'with the legal ground and was prepared to dismiss the appeal Mr. Snyderpleaded that the court should hear the argument of Mr Magone. Willing to concede in a measure, the court then inquired as to the counsel for the defence. It developed that he was absent. Fur Cher inquiry elicited the fact that he had been notified of the hearing—, which was on Monday—only on the previous Frday and had replied by wire on Saturday that he was en gaged in the local assize Court and could 110. attend. The court then de mantled to know why, since the date for the hearing was settled by con saltation between the court and the AttorneyGeneral's Department some ten days or more previously, ant since it was the duty of the Atter ney-General's Department to notify the defense counsel accordingly, , wh y he had been biten onlytwo clays notice. No satisfactory answer seem. ed to be forthcoming and the cour obviously disapproved of what had haprened. During the intetchange it was sug gested by Mr. Magone that the court might follow the decision of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick This court had held in 1935 that the Canada Temperance Act is ultra Ores . of the Dominion Parliament This judgement was prepared and. delivered by the Hon, Mr. Justice Baxter, It will be recalled that Mr. Baxter was the Premier of New Brunswick when government control was proposed and inaugurated in that province. In reply to Mr. Magane's sugges- tion the court with e simile replied that it preferred to follow the decis- ions of the Privy Council. The plea that the court hear the argument be- ing still pressed, the case was defer- red until •the September sitting on the ground that the defence counsel had not been properly notified. Whether the government. will pr0- ceed with the appeal 'arising out of the Manitoulin case, remains to be seen. An adverse decision . would of course rob Judgd Grout's finding of any legal standiing andwould also counter the judgement of the Sup- reme Court of New Brunswick." The chances ,are therefore rather 'serious for: Mr. Hepburn's position. shelter. As he rode he caught sight of half a dozen leen pounding along- behind him. Ile crouched- over his horse's neck, cursing again as he realized that he still clutched the betraying paper that he might have hidden back there in the thicket. Dynamite, that paper was, and Slanty, Gana had planted it on him . All he could do now was to ride. Then the grade dropped suddenly. There was a lurch and a stumble. The horse went down and lay there, Lawler Was flung free and staggered to his feet. He ran like a pante- stricken animal. Stunted pines shelt- ered hint thinly for a moment, and just beyond thein the grade dropped again. A few minutes later the foremost of his Pursuers flung themselves off their horse sand rooked down. Many feet below then a human fly clung to a reek wall. One man drew a gun. '"Hold on! He won't get away. He's done for!" They watched hin fall, turning, 'swooping, head down. They :stepped back and looked at one another. One of the young dep- uties spoke. "It looks as if that settled it, boys. An innocent roan don't take a chance like that. Where's that white thing he dropped.? Someone found it in a clump of scrub. They crowded together look- ing at a blood-stained deed, and ex- changed hard glances. "No doubt about it now," said the young deputy slowly: "Pardee, you, and. Bender conte along with me. We'll have to get' the body a n cf notify the sheriff. The rest of you scatter and pick up, the boys where - ever you• can. Tell 'cin the search is over." .. J'rom a distant thicket a head peered out and watched them go. Slanty had. followed Lawler, tantal- izing him with the sound of pursuit. He knew what had happened down there, and he had his alibi. Slanty Gano knew nothing about the into: - der of Lee Hollister. He had spent the last' three days hunting for Bill Lawlor,, who hacl stolen his horse. SIanty was a free loan again. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage ‘Office; Huron 'Street. (Few Door: west of Royal Bank) /flours—Wed. and Sat, and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION ety manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Correspondence promptlyanswered hoiniediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, i"limton, or by calling phone 203. 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Parties desiring to effect insur- once or transact other business will he promptly a±tended to on appl'iea- lon to any :of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective poet offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director w1i lives nearest the scene. ANADIAN ATI ;C N -WAYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart frons Clinton ae follows: Buffalo and aoderich Dir. Going East, depart. ........6.58 a.m Going East, depart 3.00 p.m. 'Going West, depart 11.45 p.m (Going West, depart 10.00 p.m London, Huron & Brnce Going North, ar. 11.25 lye. 11.47 p.m Going—South ar. 2,50, leave 3.08 p.m An hour later found him hiding again, but not in the dim, timber • checked ravine for which he had been heading. For the past' half hour the 11 was Curly's task to carry the news to the two who had loved Lee most. He found' Joey first,sitting in a tired huddle beside the trail that ran through Turkey Gulch, He looked up dully, slid:; stiffened .lila weary back at Curly's tidings. "Pore Lee. he muttered clal:(cly, "Shot down somewhere's without even a chance to fight back. Lawler never would have had the nerve to face him, man to man. • But I could have swore it was Slanty." "So could I, . Joey. And Slanty's still hidin'--or missin'—and it was his hawse that Lawler rode. I reckon there's more to it than we'Il ever know . Well I'm ntovin' on. I got to tell Miss Virginia." Each day Virginia had stopped for a little while at -gee's empty cabin, opening the door with the persisting, unreasonable hope that he might have found his way back there. Per that very reason the blank' finality of Curly's newts seem- ed crueller and harder to compre- hend. He. Saw that she wanted only to be alone, and he left her. She could • hear 'hini ridingdown to the mouth of 'Turkey Gulch, and thenit was quiet again. She hurried toward her. horse. As she .mounted, her little first aid kit bumped uselessly against her side. She had packed it so carefully bandages, iodine, resoratiaes, matches for a fire, a tin of broth, 1939 OUTLOOK Prelhninary work has begun on the preparation of the Agricultural stt- uation and Outlook for 1939. This annual review of the position, of Can- adian• agriculture is issued jointly by the Domtni.on Departments of 'Agri- culture and. Trade and Commerce at the beginning of each year, anal is deigned to Bassist farmers in planning their business operations. fresh every day. In one pocket was a flashlight ..for dark places, an an- other a policeman's whistle to call help to Lee. Futile little toys! She gave Black Lightning his head, rid;, ing blindly. As she turned down the slope she had a distant glimpse of men, a file of six or eight, They rode' in taciturn silence, a party of searchers coming home. They had given Lee up for dead. (Continued) nimizapenewitaninetvatiana Warm as toast for getting up ! It's nice to get up in the morning- if your bedroom is nice and warn. 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KIRKWOOD %•a"i aVV•cfVYWa' Yr i m°n"e"a A "Wi".°w o°a'n°rmr"m'o"a'ma."°'.'Li"e eters " s• x°m°s°w I suppose that I have been as !the growth of }rower and of much enraged by Ger'many's and }territory, by Germany and Italy, Italy's blustering ways as have most !menaces the integrity, .and the Canadians. I dislike Hitler and } power and the wealth of the Mussolini to the paint of, hatred, • Motherland. Italy's domination Each. of them is an upstart. Eachi of the Mediterranean would be has become intoxicated by his own disastrous to Great Britain in time personal vanity. Yet each of them of war, if not in times of peace. is a lover of his country. Each has Britain requires, in an economic the quality of forcefulness. Each is.sense , the short route to India and honest, I believe, hi trying to lift the Far East. Britain's treasure his country to higher levels of power house, India, may pass from her if and influence, both Germany and Italy can threat- s there We may question the quality of en her trade routes. Then, their motives, Personal' ambition ,is the shadow of Japan over the Wray be tate explanation of what each • British possessions in the Far East, is attempting and striving for, Each and over the Dutch possessions; also man is quite obviously surcharged Japan's control of China may be with vanity. Each is a sort of mad- clantagingi to Britain's trade in China. man, Each Lusts for greater power Indeed, it is within the possibilities and greater territory' for his nation. that India may be lost to Britain by Each is not fully endorsed, in alt reason of uprisings in India with the that he is doing, by '511 the people , object of becoming an independent of his country. 1'Ire people of both state. Germany and Italy are being opkres-} So far as Russia is concerned, it sed by their leaders. These ieaders}is not likely to 'figure much in inn - are imposing their personal will ,mediate world affairs because of its and ideas on their people. For the own domestic situation, and because sake of their personal ambitions and'of its geographical situation. Russia aims, they are: depriving their people seethes with discontent, Like . Ger- of personal liberty—the liberty to malty and Italy, it is governed by move about freely, to speak and the will of a single man. Its peo- write freely, to worship . freely. The ale have no personal freedom. will of these two dictators has be- come law over their respective count- ries, The whole economy of each Just what am I trying to say in country has been directed toward military might and military con- quest. The' common people have been denied the right to make their laws or to regulate their manner of life. They may not eat what they like, -wear. Si,, clothing which they faces ttaiy. 1t meq i near the equator ever to have vig- our, and this applies to India as well. Because the French are a Latin peo- ple, I have no faith in them. They let Britain down in the recent crisis: they were totally unready in a mil- itary way to strengthen Britain, We can admit that the Freneh people have some praiseworthy virtues, but they are not a people to tie to, and never will be. Our French Canadians are touch better' stuff, because they live in a northern climate, but so Iong as our French Canadian people retain their French tongue and in- s stitutions and are church -ruled, they .will remain more of a liability than an asset of the Dominion of Canada, Our concern over Roumania and Czechoslovakia and China and Spain is largely sentimental. As for Pol- and, most of us in Canada don't care much what beedlaes of her. We have aonaraticit for the small states en the Baltic sea, and we are glad that Norway and Sweden are so far' north that they are out of the area of European unrest. I Let us suppose that in the next generation Hungary and Roumania disappear, to become German terri- tory—teraiteay used more for the purpose of industry than as military ' areas. Then, when we have gone from the land of the living we who are now alive—our children's child- ren will be born into a world whose map may be greatly different front the map of the world today. They will accept the new map of the world without question, just as we accept- ed the nary of the world as it was when we were born. this contribution to the News -Re- cord? Well,. I am trying to say soveral things. .One is that Japan will not want more war, for a good Many .years, than she is now having, Germany does not want War. Neither tut that i e or like. They are taxed heavily to pro German, Japan and Italy rattle the vide tuoney for armaments. Sword noisily when they demand more territory or virtual dominion It is Hitler who has the largest programme :of ,national. "expansions; He wants an unfettered way to both the near and the fat East. He may say that the wants no more territory, now that Czechoslovakia has become a German state -this in 'effect. Yet Hitler does not conceal Inc intention to bring under • his heel• Roumania and the Ukraine. Jpgo- alavia lies too close to Italy to make its subjectation to Germany an. avowed purpose. Yet in the years ahead, Jugoslavia may come under German sway. 'Poland' is likely, to remain independhll4, yet always a German -tolerated state. Poland, be- ing settled by Poles, hardly belongs to the schedule of German's progYain, except as her tool. In, the ease of Hungary, this state has already shown that she is almost eager to join up with Geimany.. Now,. I am wondering why we in Canada should let ourselves be made red hot, in anger, by German 's and Italy's programmes. ` Orf coursey;, it is because we are part of the British Empire, and because our solicitude is ler Great Britain, our motherland. We are perceptive of the fact that' over more territory; but they 'do not want war. This knowledge should comfort us. Also, I am speaking myself this question: Why should we be so eag- er ---we in Canada—to see "preserved those backward states Hungary, Roumania and Jugoslavia? They are backward states. ' Their common people are peasants a it d illiterate, They are hotbeds: of political disturb- an.ee. Always there is intrigue. Would it not be better for the world if .they came anderthe cloininion of Cesinany? Germany is an enlighten- ed country. Her people are not illit- erate. Germany was and can be again a country of great culture and industry. It would be, col?ceivably, good for the world if Germany and Britain were allied in giving t1i World great commercial prosperity— along with the United States and Canada. 1t would -be fine if these countries and Japan were linked to- gether in peaceful endeavour to,,give the world a permanent peace and to foster industry in. all countries... I Have no liking for Latin peoples, and no faith in them. They live too Dictators are a passing phase. In all great countries—like Britain and the Uniited States and Oanada—gov- ernment is by the people, for the people. Dictators inay for a time sit in the saddle, but soon or lute the will and might of the conimon people will be asserted, and dictators will be overthrown, Britain's centuries of glorious development began when King John signed the Magna Chartall At ;tunes Kings tried to become absolute monarchs, but always the common people of Britain T000 in re- bellion and recovered sovereign pow- er, This sort of history will save Germany from Hitlerism, Russia from Stalinism, Japan from its mili- tary class. 1 We in these times are much too inpatient. We want history to ac- celerate its pace. We want God to get in a hurry. If we believe in God, we should believe that the er- rors of man will eventually be right. ed. The creation of Szechoslovalc]a Was a human •error, and as such, laird had to be righted. The unequal social conditions and the withholding of education from the common peo- ple in Spain were human errors, and they have had to be righted. Not untilhuman errors are right- ed --and bloodshed may be the sponge to wipe out the. errors -- can this world be made the world of our dreams. Creamery butter production ` : ln: Canada for the month of August ie estimated at 35,200,000 lb., an .in- crease of 11 per cent over August; 1937.