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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-01-21, Page 2ANADIAN:NATIONAL RAILWAYS - AGE 2 TJ >E+� CIINTON NNW'S,RECO.Rfl THEIRS., JAN. 21, 1937. The Clinton News -Record: With which is Incorporated TIIE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION `1.60 Aar year in advance, to Cana- dian addresses. $2.00 to the U.S. or ether foreign countries. No paper, discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publish- er. The date to which every , sub-' ecriation is paid is denoted on the Iabei; ADVERTISING RATES — Tran- sient advertising, 12e per count line for first insertion. 8e 'for each sub- sequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements not to exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost," "Strayed," etc., inserted once for 36e, each subsequent insertion 15c. Rates for display 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. R. E. HALL, N. R. CLARK. Proprietor. Editor. - IL T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer Financial, Beall Estate and Fire In- lemmae Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydgne, K.C. Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage 'Office: Buren 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 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 - forth; Vice -President, John E. Pep- per, rucefield; Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Alex. Broadfoot, Brucefield; James Sholdice, Walton; William Knox, Londesboro; George Leonhardt, Dub- lin; John E. Pepper, Brucefield; James Connolly, Goderich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEwing, Blyth. List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, Clin- ton, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. No. 1; R. F. McKercher, 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 Ibe promptly attended to on appliea- ion to any of the above officers ad- edressed to their respective post offi- .ees. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart front , Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 7.03 a.m. Going East, depart 3.00 p.m. Going West, depart 12.02 p.m, Going West, depart 10.08 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce (Going North, ar. 11.34, Ive 12.02 p.m. Going South 3.08 p.m. SPEAKING of RELATIONS What relation does the label, on your News -Record bear to a "paid-up" condition? If it says you are in arrears—Please re- mit! The News -Record These low fares enable you to turn the calendar ahead ... from Winter right into a Summer vacation . in glorious California. Play golf beside the blue Pacific, motor through orange groves and along inviting highways, enjoy glamorous nights in gay Hollywood. Your choice of routes... include the ;picturesque Canadian Rockies, ,charming Vancouver and Victoria .at no extra cost. ;Full information es to Round Trip • FIRST CLASS FARE • INTERMEDIATE FARE. • COACH FARE On application to any Agent. rues iCANADIAN NATiONAi. amisiamminommanni SYNOPSIS Allen Garth is preparing to make a trip to a arsine 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 men who are looking for mining prospects, become much •in- teiested in some specimens of ore shown thein by Garth. They are 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 a year and.give him sixty percent. of the output. They become so interested that they try to get away in their plane leaving him behind so they can put in their claim for the mine. They are thwar- ted in this and their plane is swept down the falls and destroyed. Garth then agrees to lead them out if they will, do just as he 'says and he has got then out to the Mackenzie. NOW GO ON WITH TIDI STORY The girl's reply was to scramble forward on the shoreward wing of the plane. Garth waded out in the icy water and had her hand down his rifle, the three pairs of snowshoes, and all the blankets. He tossed ev- erything to Dillon, then took the girl on his shoulder. The policeman had started up- streamwith the outfit. He walked across the now shallow ford without getting a drop of water over the tops of his heavily greased shoepacks. Garth slung Lilith on his shoulder like a sack of meal and splashed a- cross after Dillon. At the far bank Dillon stopped to put on' a pair of snowshoes. Garth lowered the girl upon a bare rock, and ran down the left bank to swing aboard the cabin plane. With him he took the blankets. When he carne a- shore, he had on dry socks and moc- casins. He frowned at Lilith, She was flopping awkwardly along on snow- shoes behind the policeman. "Take off those webs and get into the cabin," he ordered. "I will not," she refused. "I'm go- ing with you. I came to see that beast arrested." "Don't be a fool. We'll be there and back before you've more than got started. There's no time to wait for you. Blizzard may swoop down any minute." He had slipped on the third pair of snowshoes. He took his rifle from Dillon and started off as guide. The constable followed at the same rapid gait. He was an experienced snow- shoe runner. Lilith tried to immitate their deft swinging stride with the webs. Her left bow swung around upon the right one. She tripped and plunged face -down into a drift. Instead of turning back at the girl's cry of appeal, Garth quickened his stride to a run. A severe bliz- zard would thicken the skim ice and close the water lane out from the stream mouth. That would mean a wait until the stream ran dry with the freeze-up glacier. Not until then would the lake ice become thick e- nough for the cabin plane's pontoons to be chopped free and pried up on the surface. Though Garth edged away from the lake shore, he kept among the larger well -spaced spruce trees below the timberline scrub, This allowed hini and Dillon to mush along at full stride. The drifts between the trees were just enough wind -packed to hold up a runner on webs. Above the site of his old camp Garth halted and signed for his com- panion to listen. Down through the snowy stillness came a clear ring of metal on metal. "They're drilling below the frost - line to blast a shaft," he said. "Rich- er garvel on bedrock, at the foot of the placer trough," Dillon forged into the lead. "You'll trail me now, sir." Without any protest, Garth fell in behind. The Law was now in com- mand. A few strides brought them to the dyke of igneous rock that wal- led the lower end of the placer trough From behind a stunted spruce, they peered across the treeless width of rock to where a large fire was flam- ing at the edge of the matted timber- line scrub. Over the fire hung three big iron kettles. Beside it stood a small cra- dle for rocking gravel. But there was no one working the rocker, nor was there anyone in sight. Even the ring of sledge on drill in the newly dug pit, just beyond the fire,' had ceased. "Not so good," Garth murmured. "I'nm not se sure it'a a surprise." "You'll stay here, sir." "No:" Constable Dillon spoke with cool logic: "It it's a surprise, I need no assistance. If he is warned and pre• pared to resist, better for you' to sup port me from cover," "Well— perhaps." "The, only way sir. You stood rem sponsibie for bringing the young lady." That clinched the argument a- gainst Garth, He had permitted Lil- ith to coarse along. Having brought the willful girl with him, he now, had to look out for her. He had taken on the responsibility. "Very ' well, Dillon,' he agreed. "Wait till I take position." He shifted to the Ieft side of the stunted spruce and crouched down where he could peer between the low- er branches. At the other side, the constable stood up and stepped out into the open. Hardly was he clear of cover when a harsh shout cane from the scrub beside the. fire: "Halt! Throw up your hands." Garth caught the, menace in Hux- by's voice, and leveled his rifle. There was nothing of the fourflusher about the engineer. He was a coldblooded killer. Constable Dillon paused. But he did not put up his hands. The North- west Police do not surrender. Dil- lon merely swung the barrel of his carbine backward under his arm, and made quiet reply: "I have here a warrant for the arrest of Vivian Huxby for theft and assault to murder. Any persons who interfere with his arrest will make themselves liable." "Bah, you cock -capped red jay, you can't bluff me," Huxby gibed. "You'- re covered. Move, and you get a bul- 'let through you. Drop that gun and shove up your bands." A sideward jumping down -thrown would have put the constable back in cover. But he was a member of the Northwest Mounted Police. Retreat could no more be considered by him than surrender, Also, he had no authority to shoot his man. The war - 'rant called only for the arrest of the accused. He had to do his duty at whatever risk. "You will be well advised not to resist" he said. With that, he raised his right snow- shoe and slid it up a low cross -drift in a forward step. As he bent for- ward to bring up the other web, a rifle roared in the dense scrub. Garth fired into the faint haze -puff of smokeless powder. Back came a bullet that clipped a branch at his left elbow. He shifted sideways to- wards the tree trunk, and rose to peer through a higher opening. A. slight movement of spruce spray in the scrub brought his rifle to his shoul- der. He paused a moment to peer over the sights, his finger kissing the trigger. Another twitch of that spruce twig. His finger tightened on the trigger-- Crash! rigger—Crashl He hurled down on his right side, The first thought that flashed into his mind was that his rifle had. burst. His right arm had gone numb as if broken by the shock. Luckily, he did not at once try to spring up. As he paused to feel at the numb arm,with his left hand, the bark flew fraljii a limb close over his head. The;,r of white wood show- ed that t1i bullet had been fired from off to his left. Ile flattened down and crawled in- to the' snowless hollow alongside the tree' trunk. In the hollow lay his rifle. It had not burst. But that was no consolation. The first shot from off to the left had struck square a- gainst the side of the breech and smashed the magazine. This was the crash that had jerked him over by knocking the rifle out of his grasp. The wonder was that his trigger finger had not been torn off, or that a fragment of the shattered bullet had not ripped open his face. One look at the weapon showed that it was ruined, He wormed past it to the far side of the tree trunk. During all the many seconds that had passed since the firing of the first shot, he had heard no call nor any sound whatever from Constable Dillon. He peered out under the low -drooped spruce boughs on that side of the tree, As he expected, the worst had hap- pened. The policeman lay on his back. He had been shot through the heart. One glance told Garth the fact that his companion was beyond all aid. He looked for the constable's car- bine. It was nowhere in sight. The low drift behind which Dillon had fallen gave Garth enough cover to crawl out beside the body. But the carbine was not under its owner. Garth pulled the snowshoes from the feet of the dead man. On the heel of one web he perched the constable's cap. He reached out sideways and lifted the cap so that it peeped above the top of the drift. The cap flipped back off the snowshoe, pierced through by a bullet from 'the scrub beside the fire. Atthe roar of the shot, Garth bob- bed up, three feet to' the left, to look for the missing carbine. It lay' half buried in the snow, a long ten feet away, When shot, Dillon must have flung out his hands as, ho pitched over backwards. In the midst of the convulsive jerk,' death had loosened his grip on his carbine. Quickly Garth ;flattened down a- gain, a bullet from the other side of the fire zipped through the drift crest within a' span of, his elbow. Not one, but at least two of Huxby's miners Were backing his murderous attaek, Huxby had proved he could shoot.; a rifle with deadly accuracy, and his, men were nearly its expert. To make a dash for the carbine would be equi- valent to committing suicide. To lie quiet would givethe killers time to. realize there was no rifle waiting to meet their attack.` The fourth man might already be circling to creep in from the rear. With his knife Garth slashed out the webs of Dillon's snowshoes. Then, worming his way backwards, he started to drag the body downslope. The tree put him under cover from the two killers near, the fire. A. drift enabled him to crawl to another tree without being seen by the man off to the left. A. sideward shift brought Garth to the shallow channel of the frozen spring rill. Down the channel a few yards, an up -jut of rock offered a complete cover. He swung the body of the constable across his shoulders, stepped into his snowshoes and ran aslant downslope. He had run only a few moments when angry yells told that his retreat had been discovered. But no bullets came zipping through the spruce trees. He swerved to the right, on a straight line for the mouth of the gla- cier stream. Every few seconds that passed without the roar of a rifle behind him, meant a widened margin of safety. The pursuers must have failed to no- tice his 'broken rifle in under the spruce, or else they thought he was hiding in the rill channel, waiting for them to come within range of the con- stable's service pistol. Whatever the cause of their delay, he had gained a long start before more yells told him they had cut his trail. At the outburst, Garth eased off a little on the desperate speed of his running. No chance now of the pursuers ov- ertaking him. They would have to flounder through the drifts over which he was skimming like a skater on thin ice. Now and then, under the added weight of the dead constable, he broke through. But, for the most part, he kept on the surface. He had been bred in the North. He. knew as if by instinct where the blizzard that piled those drifts, had packed them hardest. He kept as much as possible on the side of the drifts that had faced the wind, and avoided the soft snow in the lee of the larger spruces. His fast noshing had already cov- ered three-fourths of the distance to the stream. It was now a simple matter of running on to increase his handicap over the killers, Only a little time would be needed to cast free the cabin plane. As she drifted out in the cure ent, the cross -wind would swing her around. Then a quick run out the water lane, and the take -off -- Close ahead, he caught sight of Lil- ith Ramill. She was sitting on her snowshoes. Her right foot was drawn up on her left knee, and she was rubbing hard at the ankle. (Continued next week.) DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD A Wolf Cub's Dream Come True A case of assorted Australian jams was the Christmas gift of the 2nd Lindfield Wolf Cub Pack of New South Wales, Australia, to the Wolf Cubs of Lindfield, Sussex, England. Prince To Head Swedish Scouts Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden will be in personal charge of the contingent of Boy Scouts represent- ing that country next summer at the 5th International Scout Jamboree to be held in Holland. His staff of as- sistants will include Count Folke Bernadotte. French President 'Confers highest Honour On Lord Baden-Powell The highest decoration of the Re- public of France, the insignia of Grand Officer of the Legion of Hon- our, ' was presented by President Blinn at the Elysees Paris, to Lord Baden-Powell, Chief Scout of the World. Lord and Lady Baden-Powell were in Paris to, attend the celebra- tions marking the 25th anniversary of the organization of Scouting in France. On Sunday the Chief Scout reviewed some 20,000 Scouts - and Guides, and attended a great gather- ing of Scouts at the Sorbonne., The 1936 Scout -Guide Santa Claus Once again, for the 13th consecutive year, a coast-to-coast chain of Boy Scout and Girl Guide Christmas Toy Shops furnished Santa Claus with Gifts for many thousands of kiddies in all parts of the Dominion who oth- erwise would have been missed. The field of distribution included a long list of children's institutions annually provided for by the Scout` toy shops at Saint John, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary and Victoria; fishermen's families along the Atlantic coast, l ises5.. X10-30 you want quicker heat in the morning — a ' steadier warmth all day—choose Hamoo Coke. you want no dust or soot; fewer. ashes to carry out and a lighter load on the shovel—choose Hamco Coke. eseeseasess Shrewd Lsyyeun make this choice NOT every buyer is a man. In many, a family, the wife keeps the budget and guards thefinanees, And when this is true, in so many cases the fuel chosen is }iamco Coke, A woman is shrewd enough to seek true Value for her money. Ramco Coke cuts down the fuel bills without sacrificing one iota of quality. With a minimum of trouble, it provides a steady heat which warms every corner of the house on zero days. • Thousands have proved that "Coke will heat your home at a lower cost than other hard fuel." HAMILTON BY-PRODUCT COKE OVENS, LIMITED HAMILTON,S CANADA MORE THAN 88% OF COKE IS HEAT -PRODUCING CARBON Coke is not a new product. It was manufactured in China some 2,000 years ago and is now a favored fuel in almost every civilized country in the world. Coke is a natural, not an arti- ficial fuel. It is made from coal by simply heating the coal to such a degree that the smoke - producing element is driven off in the form of gas and tar oils. This is known as the "volatile matter" which forms 30% of the content of coal but scarcely exists in coke. Only 62% of bituminous coal is fixed carbon, while coke has more than 88%. That is why there is less waste in coke—why it produces such an intense heat so quickly and maintains it so well. Coke is not a substitute for so-called hard fuel—but is a modern fuel to be judged on its own merits. Thousands prefer it to any other fuel—irrespec- tive of cost! HAMCO COKE sold in 'Clinton by: J. B. MUSTARD COAL CO. W. J. MILLER & SON VICTOR FALCONER A. D. McCARTNEY YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD (Copyright) } :he'V5c'a r"a°r'dYr'r'r'L'S iNis'WeWsWaVAI A rYrrr`rYlr`iV'u r°rLYJV e'. It was during the depression years. A young man—aged 21—was receiv- ing from his employers (a real estate firm) $25 a week. He thought that his wage should be at least $40 a week, and so he tried to stir up his fellow employers to make a collective demand on their employers for an in- crease in the pay in the ease of jun- iors, a restoration of "cuts" in the case of older employees, a five-day week, and several other things. As the idea of presenting this demand developed, it was proposed that each of the older employees—those getting $50 or more a week—should consent to a reduction of salary to the extent of $14 a week. In this way the fund would be created out of which the juniors would get their pay increased. Needless to say the old or long term employees would not consent to any such proposal, but this did not prevent the young man of 21 and an associate from submitting their request for higher pay to their two principals. The youthful agitator was not worth $25 a week to his employers. The character and quality of his work were low-grade. Indeed, he could have been let go without having to be replaced, This young man had a lot of fool ideas about profit-sharing, ac- quired from various persons, books, newspaper and magazine articles. He !ell that the world owed him a living, and a good one—and this without his giving back to the world anything of equivalent value. The full story of this young man, his fellow workers, and his principals is told in abook called "The Sound of Running Feet" by Josephine Law- eence. This same author wrote an- other book—an acclaimed book—cal- led "If I had Four Apples." Both these books give intimate pic- tures of family life as it is lived in big cities by very middle-class fami- lies. Miss Lawrence seems to know thoroughly how such families live and move and have their being. She does not preach, but just gives you pictures, leaving it to you yourself to come to conclusions. At the same time, Miss Lawrence leaves you in no' doubt concerning her purpose. This purpose is to expose the paltry, pur- poseless, tawdry, empty life of the class of persons and families about which she writes, In the book, "I Have Four Apples" Miss Lawrence floodlights a family which has let itself be ensnared by the instalment system of purchasing. ruiners' children in Cape Breton, iso- lated Indian and foreign community schools in Northern Ontario, and the children of thousands of families in the drought areas of Saskatchewan. Toy Shops at Montreal, London and Ottawa shipped bulk quantities of toys to Regina, Moose Jaw and Sas- katoon, to assist the shops of those centres in meeting their heavy de - mend. The more than 5,000 kiddies looked after by the Saskatoon Scouts included several hundred in the; far north of the province, who, were reached' by a Santa Claus aboard an .&C.Airas lne. M w a Y P J This family buys its house, its furni- ture, its refrigerator, its cemetery lot, and almost everything else which it uses, on the instalment plan. Its weekly income is not equal to its ob- ligations. It is in frantic distress the whole time. And when, in the end, it gets out of its smothering enfold- ments, it uses its freedom to resume buying on to instalment plan. In her more recent book, Miss Lawrence shows the home life of the two owners—brothers; of the sick and dying real estate business; of all em- ployees. In every instance there is the "sound of running feet" — the phrase which is the book's title, One of the owner brothers told his broth- er of a recurrent dream—this when the brothers were talking over their troubling financial situation. The brother said that quite twenty times he had dreamed that he was out on the streets, and that always he heard the sound of the running feet of some invisible and intangible pursuer — someone whose intention was to de- stroy the pursued one. This persisting dream was born of anxieties and fears. In the family of one brother was a son who had been an invalid since he was three years of age. Small for- tunes had been spent on him in an effort to give him health and ability to walk. At the moment when the two brothers were being pressed to raise the wages of rather useless em- ployees, the mother of the, invalid and the invalid himself were begging the father to send them to some new place staffed by 40 doctors—a very expen- sive place to go to. At the same time, the mother of the two brothers, set- tled in a Home, was demanding extra nurses, at a weekly cost of $50 or so. In the other brothers' home, a son aged 19 had made a foolish marriage, and both he and his 17 -year old bride were proposing to take up their resi- dence with the son's father; and it was suggested that the father should dismiss some long-term employee in order to give his 19 -year old son a job and a salary. In the home of one of the employees was a married daughter with two young children. This young woman's husband had deserted her -perhaps not a surprising desertion! Her father was jobless—had been for two years. It was the mother's weekly wage of $50 which supported the home. And the selfish daughter—lazy also—be- gan going to a dentist whose fee for the treatment proposed was to be $240. Also this deserted wife discov- ered that she wanted a divorce, in or- der to marry a man who would not consent to her taking her children with her to the new hone. It would cost $200 to get the divorce, said the daughter, and, she' blandly expected her mother to assume the expenses of the dentist, --the lawyer, and the up- bringing of the two young children whom she would abandon. For years and years this amiable mother had 1 hardly spent a dollar on herself. It was pretty much the' sante sort of situation which was found in the homes •f other senior employees: They had debts and burdens and help- less and selfish and heartless relatives depending on them. Each of these employees seemed to think that their employers were rol- ling in money, and that they could, if they wished, pay them more money— this in the depression years, when the real estate business was very hard bit, None of them seemed to per- ceive, that it was the good hearts of their employers which had kept them from letting useless or supernumerary employees go. I tell of this book—these books— by Miss Lawrence because I think that there are many persons in employ- ment who fail to see how lucky they are in having employment, and who may fail to consider the difficulties and griefs and good hearts of their employers. Employers do not go a- bout telling the world their difficul- ties—domestic and financial. They may have to go about masked as it were --putting on a smiling counten- ance to cover up a countenance seam- ed with the lines of anxiety and sor- row. Also, I urge those in employment to read "The Sound of Running Feet", —to ask their lending or their public library to acquire this book. Then, it may be, that readers of the book will turn away in disgust from the petti- ness of life of clerical workers in big cities, and determine to live larger lives—more wholesome lives—in the community where they have their present employment. "The Sound of Running Feet"! The sound of pursuers who wish to cap- ture us to destroy us! We can go through life, if we will, without this sound in our ears. But if we let our- selves be sucked into a bog of debt— this by our own follies or by the laziness and misdeeds of those to when we are bound by blood ties--. then we may be hopeless fugitives for long years. BONERS A barrister is a railing along a staircase that you can slide down on. A head tax is a tax collected from everybody who has one. Liable is when you say nasty things about a person that are not true. Monsoon is the French word for mister. A orifice is a place where a busi- ness man works. Foist means you have come ahead of the others Dudgeon means the place in a castle where prisoners are kept. Mural is a girl's name. Cosmical means something that is funny. A fowl is when you break the rules of a game. Rabid is the name of a small ani-. mal. Washington ` crossed the Delaware in a boat because he had burned his bridges before him. • READ ALL THE ADS, IN THE NEWS -RECORD