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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-10-22, Page 2'PAGE 2 THi CLINTON ' NEWS -RECORD THURS., OCT. 22, 1936 The Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 41.50 lice year in advance, to Cana- dian addresses. 82.00 to the U.S. or other foreitn countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid <inless at the option of the publish- er. The data to which every sub- r,cription is paid: is- denoted on the label. ADVERTISING RATES — Tran - Merit advertising .12c per count r line for first insertion. 8c for each sub- eequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements not to exceed one inch,, such as "Wanted," `Lost, "Strayed," etc, inserted once for 35e, each subsequent insertion 150. Rates fordisplay advertising made known on application._ Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. 'G. E. HALL, M. M. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor, H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer /Financial. Real Estate and Fire In- ouranee Agent. Representing 14 Fire itlnsurance Companies. DivisionCourt Office; Clinton Fiank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. nl3arrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydope, R.C. ;Sloan Block — Gfintnn, Ont. 1 D. H. McINNES• itr't CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage ',Office: Huron Street. (hew Doors west of Royal Bank), ; .Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION • 'lby manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the Counts of Huron Correspondence promptly answered Irnmediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 203. • Charges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea- r forth; ' Vice -President, John E. Pep - ;per, Brucefield; Secretary -Treasurer, .Ii2. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Alex. Broadfoot, Brucefield; James 1Sholdice, Walton; William Knox, iLondesboro; George Leonhardt, Dub - 'Jin; John E. Pepper, Brucefield; James Connolly, Goderich; Thomas oylau, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEwing, Blyth. List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, Clin- 'ton, R. R. No. 8; James Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. 'No. 1; R. F. McI{er•cher, Dublin, R. R. 'No. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; R. G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. • 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- ance or transact other business will the promptly attended to on applica- eion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective post offi- •ees. Losses inspected by the director -who lives nearest the scene. . ANAa!AN, ATIONAb Al WAYS; TIME TABLE 'Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. 'Going East, depart 7.03 a.m. Going East, depart 8.00 p.m. Going West, depart 12,02 pan. 'Going West, depart 10.08 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce •Going North, are. 11.34 lye 12.02 p.ni. ,Going South 3.08 p.m. SEAFORTH SEAFORTH: At St. Matthew's Church, London, at 7.30 o'clock, an: 'October 8th, Rev, A. A. Trum- -per offieltted at the marriage of Helen May Maude, youngest daugh- ter of Mrs. Merner, and the late J. J. Merner, M.P,, Seaforth, to Dr. An- son R. Atkinson, of Chatham, elder son of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Atkinson, of Embro. The bride, who was given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Bor- den Merner, London, was charming in her gown of deep bottle green chiffon velvet with matching hat and shoes and long white gloves. She carried a shower bouquet of Johanna Hill roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Jean Atkinson of Toronto, sister of the bridegroom, wore a gown of sil- ver lame in tunic design over black velvet with matching hat and bou- quet of Johanna Hill roses. Little Barbara Ferguson, niece of the bride, was a pretty flower girl in .a pink crepe frock with pink net bonnet, pink 'shoes and socks and a nosegay of small flowers. Roy Atkinson, of. 'St. Marys, was the best man. The wedding music was played by Mrs: L. Shor'tt, organist of the church. Sup per was . served: at the home of the brides brother-in-law ' and sister, Capt. and Mrs. K. Ferguson, Elias St., London, where Mrs. Ferguson re- ceived in a handsome tunic gown of black velvet with becoming black ;hat. Autumn flowers were used in ;decorating the house and the bride's table was attractive with a lace cloth and tea roses. Dr, and Mrs. Anson R. Atkinson left later by motor on their honeymoon, the bride travelling in a navy tailored suit with blue ac- cessories. On their return they will live in Chatham. ••••••mommannw CkPGIIT TIIE .%STIL By Robert Ames Bennet SYNOPSIS Allen Garth is preparing to make a trip to a nine which he has' discov- ered in the Canadian Northwest when an aeroplane appears at the little -re- fueling station and an elderly man, a young man and a young woman alight. • The two Wren who are looldng for mining prospects, become much in- terested in some specimens of ore shown them by Garth: They aro all rather haughty, ' especially the girl, and treat Garth like a servant, but he shows his independence and does- n't allow himself to be ordered about. They decide to take Garth in their aeroplane to inspect his mine and if it turns out to be worth working to take a lease for year and give him sixty percent. of the output. Garth leads them to his claim and Huxby professes to think that lie might have salted it. After some digging, which is done by Huxby— and some consultation by Huxby and Ramill, Garth' feels 91tat they are convinced of the poten- tial wealth of the nine. The party Proposes to go back to the flying ma- chine for lunch, Huxby saying he will come back and do some more digging. They, suggest that probably Garth Joes not wish to come back with them and he says he will take a trip up the mountain side while they are gone. But Garth is suspicious of the two men, so as soon as he gets out of sight he makes for the flying ma- chine, takes a part from the engine and disappears again. The party comes up to the machine in frantic haste, the elderly millionaire being rhnost exhausted by the speed at which they have hurried him along. Just as they were about to take off Garth walks out of the brush and wants to know what is the natter and Huxby covers him with his pistol and tells him to place his gun on the wing. It is evident that they intend to fly back to the Mackenzie and leave him. Garth places his gun ' as ordered, then unties and rope holding the plane and 'stands holding it, while lluxby tries to start the engine, which would not go. , He then tells them that he has the part of the engine in his pocket but will not allow them to come near h i m until all a r e out. He then lets the plane go, fling- ing the line out into the water and it drifts down stream towards a falls: When they see the plane is doomed and realize that they are in his pow- er Mr. Ramill says they will do just as he says if he will lead them back to the Mackenzie. Garth shoots a moose and prepares food for the company, which they are hungry enough to enjoy. Miss Ra - mill, although still very disdainful of Garth, is brought to the extremity of slicing off a piece of moose liver and cooking it over a fire for her supper. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "Soon as we starttraveling through brush it's a question which will go first, your net or your stockings. Dope doesn't snag on branches, and you'll find it a better cosmetic than rouge and powder." She slapped an early mosquito that had bored through the flimsy' silk be- low her right knee. From the boot tops up, both stockings were blotched with the many crushed mosquitoes and deer flies that had bitten her. "Uugh! If I use your nasty dope at all, it will be on my legs." "No go. You'll be scraping against rocks and running upon snags. Won't have any knees left, if you try the Highland style. How about those lynx skins for leggings, along with moose moccasins?" For the first time since they had met, the girl gave him a genuinely friendly smile. "That's decent of you, Alan. How soon can you make them?" "Cut me a steak off that nearest leg of Moose. While you're cooking it, I'll see what can be done." When she returned the knife and started to broil the great slab of neat she had sliced off, he laid out the pair of lynx skins, A few knife strokes cut off the great hair -padded paws and slit the legs into thongs. When the girl brought him his broil- ed moose steak, he showed her how to wrap a skin around each leg like a high-topped legging, tying it with the crossed thongs. "There you are, 'Miss ,Ramill, It's a pair of leggings such as our ances- tors wore when they pirated the high seas in viking ships and sailed up the Thames with Henghist and Hansa." She looked at the skins doubtfully. "The fur is not so bad. The inside, though—all raw!" . "Yes. They should be Indian tan- ned. But we've eaten all that liver, and I didn't expect to need the moose brains, The best you can do is to rub on fat and rub the skins over a birch 'branch. °Fhat will soften them. Next time you sleep you can hang them up tocure in the smoke." "Grease and smoke and all that work!" Ho tossed the skins aside., "The lass with the delicate air!' Better bor- row your fiance's leather trousers. These Leggings will come in handy for your father." "No, you made thein for me. They- 're mine!" She caught up the furs. 'TM -not wearing Vivian's breeches— yet." Huxby sat up, blinking. "What— what's that?—Gorse ,this smoke --Is the fellow annoying"' you, Lilith?" "He is not! Mr. Garth has made these delightful fur leggings for me while you lie lazing all day." The thin shake -down of moss and sprbce tips had done little to soften the stony ground. Huxby rubbed his stiffened back and' hips. "Confound those rocks! Try this elegant bed if you believe I've been lazing, As for Garth, he's safe from my competition in that line. I'ni not a lady's tailor." "Still less a cobbler, I dare say," Garth replied. "It's well for you your shoes may last as far as canoe water; Miss Ramill and I will be kept busy sewing moccasins for the rest of us." The girl stared. "Me? I couldn't even sew on a button." He drew- a buckskin needle and small awl from a tight pocket on the side of his knife sheath. "I'll show you how to use these. Received expert instruction myself from the ladies of Coronation Gulf. I spent last winter there with the blond Eskimos." "Tell us another," said Huxby. ,"Blond Eskimos! How about pink polar bears?" "That kind come only out of whis- ky bottles, along with the pink snakes. The blondness of those particular Es- kimos, if you wish to know, is sup- posed to be due to a cross with the 'lost Norse colonists of Greenland. It's the only plausible explanation for those big men and women with red !hair and blue eyes, among the typical- ' ly squat, dark Eskimos." The engineer looked at the partly eaten steak in Garth's hand. "All right, they're Swedish nightingales. yin more interested in breakfast" l, "Help yourself to all you want. A- long with your own, you might broil 'steaks for Miss Ramill and her lath - !ere. Miss Ramill is about to take a 'lesson in sewing. She will soon need a pair of moccasins." The last remark checked the girl's intended refusal. While Huxby sul- lenly cut the three steaks and started to cook them, she carried out Garth's !suggestion to grease her lynx skins with a chunk of fat. When Garth finished his meal, he threaded a needle with smoked cat- gut and showed the girl how to sew. the thick mooseltide. Holes punched with the awl made the work fairly easy. Miss Ramill was far other than stu- pid, and there was no clumsiness a- bout her slender fingers. Garth start - 'ed her on the easiest part of the sew- ing. Within a few minutes she caught the knack of handling the awl and needle, Though her stitches were ir- regular, they promised to hold. He cut out the mate of the first mocca- sin, and another pair smaller in size. Mr. Ramill crawled from the lean- to, stiff, hungry and irritable. He looked accusingly at Garth. "Now is when I should have that whisky you threw away yesterday." "You would have worse than spilled it, sir, That push more alcohol in your system would be just . so much more poison to Work off." "Don't preach to me, young man." "Facts are facts, Mr. Ramill. An athlete who trains on liquor usually loses out. Bat that's beside the ques- tion. The main fact is you have only Hobson's choice." "Thanks to you!" put in Huxby. "No choice except this stringy wild meat. Not even salt." • "Give thanks it's not rotten meat," Garth replied. "Better still, be thank- ful you have any food at all." Mr. Ramill picked up the aluminum pot. ' "I must have a stimulant. A cup of that cheap tea will be better than. nothing." ."We're down to bedrock, sir. No tea this morning. But you may have heard the Indian saying: Starve' on rabbit, fatten on caribou, work on moose. We're all going to work. Call it training, if you prefer the term." He took the lynx skins to a birch tree and began to chafe' their inner sides by pulling them from end to end over one of the lower branches. This showed Miss Ramill how to keep the skins from stiffening. He took - over the moccasin sewing when Huxby lift- ed the scorched steaks from the fire. Sleep and the open air had whetted all appetites As with the broiled liver, the three chechahcos — millio- aire, , mining engineer and fastidious heiress—went at the hot meat with fingers and teeth. Garth had said it. They were down to bedrock—.to the fundamentals of living. All the ele- gancies of civilized eating were ab- sent, even the supposed necessities -- forks, plates, seasonings. Yet the es- sentials remained. They were hungry, and here was food. It was neither as tender nor as savory as had been the liver. None the less, it was food. At the end of the meal, Garth said that the first need was to fetch in the forelegs of moose. Miss Ra- null rose with her father and iluxby. Sorry," Garth told her. "Your father needs all the walking he can get. Someone must stay to mind the tire. I might mention there's a -sisal. low rock pool a little way along the bank, beyond those alders. You'd find the water pleasantly warm for a dip." "Really? That's not so bad." "Yes. Only be sure to keep the fire going. It will hold off the wolves and wolverines." Mr. Rarnill drew. out Hnxby's pis- tol. "Wolves! I shall stay here with Lilith." "No need, sir. With game so plen tiful, there's no danger to her. It's merely a matter of saving our meat from the, robbers. .They 'daren't go. near a fire." -- - The girl took the pistol from her father, slipped the safety catch, slid back the outer barrel, and blazed -a- way at a nearby tree; "That for your wolves- Go on, Dad, Vivian showed me how to shoot when lie took me riding at -Edmonton." Huxby's cold eyes glowed almost in- to real warnith. "Yon hit the tree, darling. But save the other shots till needed. I have no other clip of cart- ridges." He tools her father's arm and start- ed off with him after 'Garth. They kept in the -rear all the way to the muskeg swamp. This time, instead of lynx mates, a family of wolves were feasting on the moose meat. The she -wolf and her mate had pulled two of the legs down within reach of their half-grown cubs: Both were so far devoured as to be of no value to humans. At sight of the men, the whole family bristled and growled but started a slow retreat. "Shoot, Garth!" urged Mr. Ramill. "They're maikng off." "Quite all right," Garth replied. "Good thing they're gorged. I night have had to waste cartridges to get rid of then. What I'd like to know is why they chose this solid meat, ih- stead• of the offal." As if in answer to the question, a snarling growl far deeper than that of the wolves cane from the border of the muskeg where Garth had killed the bull noose. Up out of the thicket reared a huge gray head. Massive forelegs stroked apart the willow stens with chisel -like c laws eight in- ches or more long. It was a grizzily—a full-grown ur- sus harribilis. Garth believed the beast to be as large as those monsters of the same breed that ruled over the southern Rockies and the Sierras in the early days when Indians still were armed only with bows, and the few white hunters carried only nuz- zleloading flintlocks. The eggs of the great she -bear were flattened back. Her little pig eyes glared red. The monstrous jaws gap- ed to let out a roar of defiance that shook the solid ground. "Good God!" Mr. Ramill gasped. "A—a bear!" Huxby gripped Garth's' shoulder. "Shoot,'damn you! Shoot, or give me that rifle!" "Shut up," Garth ordered him. "That roar is only a warning. She'll not charge if we mind • our own af- fairs. You and Mr. Ramill take hold of that nearest untorn leg and start off quietly. - Don't hurry and don't run.,, The cool certainty of Garth's tone compelled belief and . obedience even from Huxby. Mr. Ramill was already reaching up for one of the two noose legs that had not been pulled down by the wolves. The engineer hastily turned to help him. As they started off, Garth took the other unmangled leg on his shoulder and sauntered af- ter then. The grizzily mother had not repeat- ed her roar. She had seen one of those three strange two -legged ani- mals before. It bad not them menaced her cubs. That the three were rob- bing the moose legs from the wolf family was none of her concern. They were already going away, without in- terfering with the feast of herself and her cubs an the far choicer parts of the dead moose.. Had they run or given any sign of hostility, she would have charged. As it was, she stood, an enormous quiv- ering mass of curiosity, watching their quiet retreat. Her jaws • had . closed their ferocious maw, and her ears were no longer flattened back. She looked almost benevolent as she wav- ed her gigantic forepaws, seemingly in invitation' for the strange creatures to come back and shake hands. ' Garth's gray eyes twinkled as he glanced back over his shoulder at the huge beast. He could not have asked for a better bugaboo to nfake his com- panions behave. Safe out of her sight, he told the two to halt and get the moose leg on a tote -pole. Huxby at once started to curse him for not shooting. "Go try it yourself," Garth replied, and when Huxby drew away from the offered rifle, he nodded approval. "You site wise not to attack a she- rizzil with cubs." g Y doubt on no Spurred t the o b by Itnow- ledge of that gray monster behind him, Mr, Ramill managed to hold up his end of the tote -pole all the way to camp. There he sank down, purple- faced, wheezing that the exertion had killed him. Hisdaughter sat, by the fire brood- ing.. Though refreshed by her bath in the warm pool," she had begun to feel the craving for drink and tobacco. She had done little stitching on the moc- casins. But she livened to horrified alertness when Huxby told about the. Costs $1.00 per ton less OR that kitchen stove which' .burns hard fuel—nothing F 1SSO satisfactory as Hamco Coke, specially prepared in range size. With this modern, all'Canadian- fuel, it is easy to keep a low fire burning all night and, in the morning, to create a quick, brisk heat for the tea kettle or the frying pan. Half of your chore of tending ` fire REMEMBER-- est a trill heat rat henna at a lawat Colt than &that hetet goals. than furnace size Coke is ended with Hamco Range Coke. It is much lighter on the shovel and leaves muchless ash. Not only is it dustless—it creates no smoke or soot. Next time—try Hamco Range Coke. It gives you all these advantages—and costs considerably less ! For your furnace, use Hamco Coke in the standard size. HAMILTON BYPRODUCT COKE OVENS, LIMITED — HAMILTON, CANADA 6 HAMCO COKE sold in Clinton by: J B. MUSTARD; COAL CO. W. J. MILLER & SON A. D. McCARTNEY grizzly. Garth forstalled an outburst of hy- sterics. "Keep cool. The old lady will let us alone if we keep clear of her cubs. The scent of the noose meat drew her. But it's now berry time, and they're thickest around at the far end of the muskeg. She'll go back there in a day or so and remain until snow." "You—you're sure?" "Yes, . unless I make another kill of moose. Keep up the fire, and she will shy clear of you She doesn't fancy fire. Burnt her paws trying to rob me of a roasting porcupine." A look at the gold pan showed Garth that the moose muffle had be gun to dissolve. He cooled some of the gelatinous broth in the small •pot. Mr. Ramill not only gulped down the drink. He smacked his Iips and asked for more, At that, both Huxby and the girl were stir- red to try the rich drink. Garth was glad to have all three take their fill of the savory, highly nourishing dish. He knew what was coming. He asked only that the pan be refilled to dissolve more of the muffle. The three were accustomed to the free drinking of their kind. They had already begun to feel the lack of the usual cocktails, mealtime wines and between meals whisky. This. was aggravated by the lack of tobacco. To ease them as much as • (continued on page 3) When the Easiest Way Is the Best Way i TIIERE are no two ways about it! Certainly the easiest way to get the most for every dol- lar you spend is to buy products that you know about through the advertisements in your local paper . You don't have to go out and look for buy?ng opportunities. The advertisements bring tltent to you. And all you need do is consider the facts, compare values and decide on the soap or the sedan that best fits your judgment and your pocketbook. 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